Tracking down your virtual machines
09 July, 2009 by David Mortman
Before you can secure your virtual environments, you must be able track down your machines.
Pay heed to security when going virtual
09 July, 2009 by Ron Condon
Organisations are leaping head first into virtualisation, given the technology's purported benefits. But those that do it without considering security are taking wild risks.
EMC takes on cloud vendors with Ionix
09 July, 2009 by Simon Sharwood
EMC's rebranded management line - now known as "Ionix" - is aimed directly at cloud vendors such as HP, CA and IBM.
Storage additions for Hyper-V R2
08 July, 2009 by Todd R. Weiss
Hyper-V R2 includes hot-add and remove capabilities.
Using Cluster Shared Volumes in Hyper-V R2
08 July, 2009 by Greg Shields
This guide explains how to use Hyper-V R2's new Cluster Shared Voumes feaure.
Does virtualisation really beat a fleet of mainframes?
07 July, 2009 by Bridget Botelho
Some very big name enterprises are taking their entire server farm into the realm of virtualisation. But some pundits maintain that mainframes still have their place.
Sourcefire has plans for virtual security
06 July, 2009 by Ron Condon
The company behind the intrusion prevention tool, Snort, will soon launch a virtualisation security product.
Making virtualisation play nice with application delivery
02 July, 2009 by Jim Metzler
While virtualisation eases many common IT pains, it makes delivering applications over the network much harder. We explain how to cope.
Using VMMCA to configure Hyper-V hosts
01 July, 2009 by Greg Shields
Learn how to use VMMCA - Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer - to configure your host servers for use with Hyper-V R2.
Automate Hyper-V with VBScript or Powershell
26 June, 2009 by Rick Vanover
Hyper-V can be managed via its included scripting capabilities. This tip explains how to automate and configure your virtual environments using Powershell or VBScript.
Improving network efficiency with server virtualisation
24 June, 2009 by Lindi Horton
Learn how server virtualisation can help you design networks to better support applications.
How to back up VMs with the VMware vStorage API for Data Protection
24 June, 2009 by Lauren Whitehouse
VMware's vStorage API for Data Protection can help you back up your precious virtual machines. This guide explains how.
Virtualise your security tools for greater flexibility
19 June, 2009 by Eric Ogren
A new approach of treating network security as a software application has produced better flexibility in deployment.
Planning a virtualisation deployment
19 June, 2009 by Eric Seibert
Virtualisation can be a daunting technology to implement. This guide explains how to build and configure a virtualised environment, and the things you need to watch out for.
IBM virtual server recovery
18 June, 2009
IBM has launched its Virtual Server Recovery (VSR) and Information Protection Service (IPS) offering which has been researched and developed in Australia for local businesses.