The cloud has shifted the frequency with which we need to test our systems' capabilities to come back from disaster, from months to right now and often.
Microsoft used its TechEd confab to show off a bevy of Hyper-V improvements to come with Windows Server 2012 R2.
Here's why network virtualization is a better fit than traditional networking for IaaS cloud deployments.
These intensely competitive hypervisors by all appearances are the same. But it's the tools for managing their environments that make all the difference in the world.
- By Greg Shields, Don Jones
- 06/05/2013
This year's Citrix Summit conference, which took place this week in Anaheim, Calif., was an opportunity for the company to spotlight its recently revamped solution advisor partner program.
An interview with a long-standing tech CEO before he addresses the mobility troops at the company's Synergy conference.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/21/2013
One thing virtualization admins can't do without: VM migration. We look at improvements that Microsoft has made in this area to conclude our series.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 05/08/2013
The collaborative work makes it easier for organizations that use Hyper-V for their private cloud environments to also work with SUSE Cloud.
Storing VMs on file shares, CSV enhancements, guest Fibre Channel, and the new VHDX format: it's all about better ways to work with storage in this version of Hyper-V.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/29/2013
Here's a cool new trick I learned absolutely by accident when working with a Wordpress server.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself as a competitor against IaaS provider Amazon Web Services.
Security monitoring must adapt to remain effective in the cloud and virtualization arena. That's where role-based monitoring comes in.
Let's look at what Microsoft's hypervisor offers by way of improvements to security and disaster recovery.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/15/2013
The open-source Xen hypervisor is now being managed by The Linux Foundation.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/15/2013
It'd be nice to see the company use it for VCP self-paced training next.
Now that you know what's new in networking in Hyper-V, let's look at scalability, NUMA and VM monitoring.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/01/2013
A new release of CloudPortal Business Manager provides a platform for Anything as a Service.
Quite a few companies are mashing up server, storage, networking and even the hypervisor into turnkey solutions that can scale up or down as data center needs dictate.
- By Mike Matchett
- 03/20/2013
Enhancements to the newest version of Hyper-V can affect the design of your networks. Here's a look at NIC Teaming and some new data center design options.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 03/18/2013
It's nice to know that VMware's documentation is accessible on my iPhone or Amazon Kindle. Here's how to gain access, too.