Virtualization


The Network Automation Imperative

When your virtualization or cloud project sputters in efficiency, network automation can get that project some new life.

Every Admin Should ThinApp the vSphere Client

VMware Lab's ThinApped vSphere client allows running the client without installing it.

5 Ways to Measure Virtualization Efficiency

The typical IT gauges don't translate well for measuring virtualization efficiencies. You'll need to look at it from a different angle.

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 Released

Keys to Microsoft's first service pack for Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 are dynamic memory and RemoteFX.

Cloud Foundry Springs Forth as First 'Open' PaaS

VMware today announced the debut of Cloud Foundry, which the company is touting as the first "open platform as a service," or PaaS.

What Virtualization Vendors Have on Storage Tiering

What VMware, Dell, NetApp and DataCore are doing to add support for tiered storage in their offerings.

Dell To Invest $1 Billion in Cloud

Dell today said it is investing $1 billion in cloud computing under a two-year plan to build out datacenters that will let customers subscribe to virtualized compute infrastructure and storage.

10 Steps to Private Cloud

For private clouds to become viable, organizations must embrace several steps to advance their private cloud strategies.

Building a VDI Environment on Shared Storage

Storage is at the heart of the problems some companies have in deploying VDI.

Dell, Equinix and Rackspace Launch OpenStack Demos

Vendors build proof-of-concept environment on top of OpenStack's cloud OS to show customers what's possible in the cloud.

GUI for Free Hyper-V, For Free

Microsoft's Free Hyper-V needs a GUI. In the meantime, a third-party provider has filled in the gap.

vSphere Support Added to Next OpenStack Compute Release

VMware customers looking for openness in cloud solutions might see vSphere support in the forthcoming OpenStack Compute "Cactus" release as a opportunity.

Amazon Adds Dedicated Cloud Instances

Acknowledging that some enterprise customers don't want to share computing resources, Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched what it calls EC2 Dedicated Instances.

Server App-V for Windows Azure Beta Added to SCVMM 2012 Test Release

Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 will include new feature that will allow Windows apps not designed for Windows Azure to be deployed on Microsoft's cloud platform.

Windows Intune Hits Release-to-Web Milestone

Microsoft rolled out the final release-to-Web (RTW) version of its Windows Intune PC management and security service on Thursday, during the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.

Microsoft Releases SCVMM 2012 Beta, Unveils System Center 2012 Line

Microsoft unveiled its System Center 2012 product line on Tuesday at its Microsoft Management Summit. As part of the announcement, the company also made available the beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012.

Hyper-V Core to Retailer's Resource Consolidation Efforts

Target turns to Microsoft's hypervisor technology to reduce physical servers and save on power and maintenance costs among its 1,755 U.S. stores.

Browse the Web in the vSphere Client

There's browsing the Web, and then there's kinda browsing the Web with vSphere. Here's a tool that removes the "kinda" part.

VMware View Now Available on iPad

The Apple iPad got a major enterprise nod this week from virtualization giant VMware Inc.

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Adds Improved Virtualization Tools

Customers who use Microsoft's Desktop Optimization Pack can now download the latest version that includes updated application virtualization and desktop virtualization tools.

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