Is Hyper-V secure enough for the enterprise?
03 August, 2009 by Todd R. Weiss
VMware is actively raising doubts about the security of Microsoft's Hyper-V. Is there any truth to the claims?
Virtualisation empowers end users
31 July, 2009 by Christina Torode
Virtualisation and cloud computing are allowing end users to get out from under the thumb of IT departments - something that could be worth worrying about.
Networks get smarter as virtualisation increases
30 July, 2009 by Shamus McGillicuddy
As virtualisation, mobility and guest access become mission-critical, enterprises are increasingly employing intelligent edge switches.
High-end storage array
30 July, 2009
The Symmetrix V-Max system incorporates Virtual Matrix Architecture with industry-standard components to deliver massive scalability - enabling systems that scale to hundreds of thousands of terabytes of storage and tens of millions of IOPS (input/output per second) supporting hundreds of thousands of VMware and other virtual machines in a single federated storage infrastructure.
Network key to virtualisation projects
29 July, 2009 by Tessa L. Parmenter
If you're considering virtualisation, you should involve your network administrator in all aspects of planning, design and implementation, analysts say.
Virtualisation to exhibit more vendor lock-in, higher prices
27 July, 2009 by Michael Warrilow and John Brand, Hydrasight
VMware may soon completely monopolise the virtualisation market, analysts warn, which would have ramifications for prices and vendor lock-in.
Virtualisation to benefit from FCoE
24 July, 2009 by Dave Raffo
IBM will soon sell Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) equipment from Brocade and Cisco. Analysts say storage virtualisation deployments have the most to gain from such a move.
Six-core CPUs could have benefits for virtualisation
22 July, 2009 by Mark Fontecchio
New Opteron chips could have vast ramifications for virtualisation. But they'll require some reworking of your applications.
What comes after server virtualisation?
22 July, 2009 by John Burke
Server virtualisation has helped data centre managers improve efficiency across the board. But there's more you can do to improve data flows through across the network.
VMware backup for Quantum products
21 July, 2009 by Dave Raffo
Quantum has introduced virtual backup appliances for its disk libraries and LTO-4 tape appliances.
VMware will virtualise Google OS
21 July, 2009 by Alex Barrett
VMware will soon allow the virtualisation of Google's Chrome operating system. Is VMware starting some Linux-based mischief?
SNIA's Scroggie on virtualisation
20 July, 2009 by Craig Scroggie
Virtualisation has strong ties to cloud-computing, ones that could influence how you use the technology.
SSD and 2.5" HDDs better for virtualisation
20 July, 2009 by Chris Mellor
The 3.5 inch HDD I/O channel is fast becoming a bottleneck, particularly given its use in virtualisation projects,
Two alternatives to server virtualisation
17 July, 2009 by John Burke
Learn about two virtualisation techniques that you can use instead of server virtualisaiton.
Ease VM admin with Hyper-V snapshots
16 July, 2009 by Robert McShinsky
Hyper-V's snapshot feature may not be that useful as a backup plan, but they can help administrators cope with the pains of virtual machines.
