What we learned and what VMware still has to do.
VMworld 2009 has come and gone-in a puff of cloud, you might say. It was a good show, still valuable, but not a great show like last year.
A recent study from IT staffing specialist Robert Half Technology suggests that CIOs plan to invest in new IT initiatives over the next year, in spite of a bad (and possibly worsening) economic climate.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/27/2009
VMware on Thursday announced the general availability of the vSphere 4 family of virtualization products.
Microsoft continued its foray into unified communications (UC) with an announcement last week of support for a virtualized topology in Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 (OCS R2).
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/19/2009
The opening keynote address at Tech-Ed on Monday featured Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Windows business, who described a number of upcoming milestones for Microsoft's new products.
To add predictability to its offering, Skytap Inc., a start up cloud provider targeted at application developers and testers, this week added new capabilities to its cloud service.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/08/2009
In a move that promises to extend the appeal of the Spring Framework to enterprise developers, SpringSource on Monday said it has acquired Hyperic Inc., a supplier of open source Web application and infrastructure management.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/05/2009
ESXi isn't the end of the line for our beloved command line.
- By Rick Vanover
- 05/01/2009
Virtualization continues to shine amid economic distress in other IT segments.
The future of desktop virtualization may hinge on display protocols. VMware and Citrix take different paths: Which company is likely to win?
While most companies in IT are hoping to just ride out the recession storm, those in the virtualization space are finding clearer skies.
WANem makes it easy to simulate low bandwidth and latency conditions.
Certification is still relatively rare in the virtualization field. That can work to your advantage, if you don't put it off.
End users can contribute to virtual machine sprawl by using readily available, free downloads. Here are a few simple steps to head off problems before they begin.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 05/01/2009
PlateSpin Forge offers peace of mind at a reasonable price.
- By Rick Vanover
- 05/01/2009
Embotics' V-Scout ends the days of tracking your virtual machines via spreadsheet.
- By Brian Mislavsky
- 05/01/2009
Microsoft released a cumulative update to its application virtualization solution, which now supports the Windows 7 Beta, according to an announcement issued by the company on Thursday.
A new report from IDC, announced on Wednesday, suggested that the global economic malaise has already chipped away at the enterprise IT server market.
TechNet and MSDN subscribers now have access to the Release Candidate version of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.