Virtualization Strategies for the CIO
- Desktop virtualization
- Lab, test and development
- Cloud computing and virtualization strategies
- Data center consolidation
- Backup, disaster recovery and business continuity
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Best of VMworld 2010 Awards: Desktop virtualization
The Best of VMworld 2010 Awards recognized the best desktop virtualization products on the VMworld 2010 floor.Slideshow
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Citrix XenDesktop? Thanks, but no thanks, firm says
Faced with a choice between published applications on Citrix XenApp and hosted desktops based on XenDesktop VDI, Bimba Manufacturing opted to stick with the devil it knew.Article | 15 Dec 2008
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How to evaluate desktop virtualization approaches and solutions
In part two of his series, Anil Desai discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to desktop virtualization.Tip
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VMware VDI shops get thin-client option with Pano Logic
Pano Logic has introduced the Pano desktop computer, a thin-client device designed for VMware virtual desktop infrastructure deployments.Article | 27 Aug 2007
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Crash course for a Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 upgrade
Failing to master the basics of Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 could come back to haunt your IT shop down the road. Give yourself a crash course now.Quiz
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What’s in your virtualization home lab?
A virtualization home lab is a great way to gain more experience, but it can be pricey. Even so, our advisory board thinks it’s worth the investment.Answer
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Evaluating RHEV 3.0 in a test environment
RHEV 3.0 offers enterprise-grade features at low price point. To see if it’s right for your IT shop, you can build a small RHEV 3.0 test environment.Tip
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Installing Hyper-V 3.0 on a test server
Whether you prefer a GUI or the command line, installing and configuring Hyper-V 3.0 on a test server is a breeze.Tip
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The hardware requirements for testing Hyper-V 3.0
Testing Hyper-V 3.0 is a no-brainer, considering the minimal hardware requirements. It will help you gain skills and experience before the release.Tip
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Should your IT shop consider multiple server virtualization platforms?
More and more IT shops are implementing multiple server virtualization platforms to increase interoperability and abstraction as well as lower costs.Tip
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Hosted virtualization hypervisors and use cases: The complete guide
Bare-metal virtualization isn’t the only thing out there. There’s also hosted virtualization, which is great for small infrastructures or testing environments.Tutorial
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FAQ: Virtual testing and development environments
A virtual testing and development environment lets you test OSes and applications before deployment. You can even build a virtual test lab at home.FAQ
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How a virtual server cluster brings high availability to test and dev
Testing is a good way to check performance and capacity. Increase high availability in your virtual testing environment with a virtual server cluster.Tip
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Oracle VM VirtualBox 4: An overview
It’s easy to overlook Oracle VM VirtualBox, with all the other hosted virtualization products out there. But your small environment can take advantage of many VirtualBox features.Tip
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CloudPhysics' resource management tool studies virtual infrastructures
A new service from startup CloudPhysics may have admins rethinking resource management. Would you send data to the cloud for analysis and comparison?Tip
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VMware users indifferent to vCloud updates, virtual storage plans
VMware vCloud updates, as well as plans for enterprise-wide storage virtualization, have sparked only lukewarm reactions from the IT community.Feature | 11 Oct 2012
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Breaking down IT silos to increase data center efficiency
IT silos are relics from days of managing physical infrastructures. Smart IT shops will tear down these barriers to improve data center efficiency.Column | 12 Jun 2012
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VMware shops eye rocky road to private cloud
VMware users say their organizations are beginning to push past server virtualization toward private clouds, but the jury’s still out on exactly which tools and processes will take them there.News | 04 May 2012
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Cloud management software: What’s in it for IT?
Highly virtualized IT shops wonder whether cloud management software can help them get to the next level of automation and efficiency.News | 01 Feb 2012
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Products of the Year 2011
For the Products of the Year 2011 awards, our expert judges chose the best server virtualization technologies of the year. And the winners are...Winners
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Beating cloud security pessimists: The case for VM security
There are lots of people out there who say the cloud has poor VM security, but a few simple points about cloud security can beat their misguided arguments.Tip
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Task automation and workflow orchestration with virtualization
By nature, virtualization already eliminates a lot of manual processes, but task automation and workflow orchestration can make your infrastructure even more efficient.Tutorial
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Cloud performance monitoring: No one-size-fits-all solution
Nobody said moving to cloud would be easy. Without a strong cloud performance monitoring strategy, your applications may not fulfill their potential.Tip
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Private cloud architecture: Ditching trial and error for frameworks
When it comes to private cloud architecture, data center design best practices are hard to come by. Luckily, some early adopters are leading the way.Tip
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Why hypervisor tiering is the future of multiple hypervisor management
If cost and complexity prevent you from adopting multiple hypervisors, the hypervisor tiering approach may have you rethinking your infrastructure.Tip
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Social media: Coming to an enterprise near you
Social media in the data center may not be far off, as vendors and emerging technology trends point to increasing use of social networking in the enterprise.Column
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Proceed with caution: Multi-hypervisor management tools
If you’re considering a heterogeneous virtualization shop, don’t count on multi-hypervisor management tools to solve all of your administration woes.Column | 02 Jul 2012
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Virtualization power management: How to save money and the Earth
Virtualization power management is yet another way a hypervisor can help cut costs to achieve maximum ROI, with the added bonus of saving the Earth.Tip
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IT trends: Where hardware innovation leads, software follows
Over time, certain IT trends emerge. And if you look closely, you’ll find that major advances in software usually follow hardware innovation.Column | 30 May 2012
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Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V 3.0 promises higher server consolidation
With Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V 3.0, a new minimum-memory setting and second-level paging may yield increased consolidation ratios for IT shops.Tip
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Top five Hyper-V 3.0 features that will excite IT pros
New Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 features will streamline virtualization tasks and make things easier on IT pros. Here are the ones you should get excited for.Slideshow
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Virtualizing applications and virtual server migration best practices
Virtualizing applications is great for ROI. With virtual server migrations and virtual appliances, you can recoup your investment even faster.Tutorial
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Five situations where virtualization high availability is overkill
High availability technologies often seem to be an integral part of your virtual infrastructure, but here are five instances where virtualization high availability is unnecessary.Tip
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Home labs for virtualization: Easier than ever to build
Having a home lab helps IT pros sharpen their virtualization skills. Now, more than ever, building a home lab is within reach.Tip
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Social media: Coming to an enterprise near you
Social media in the data center may not be far off, as vendors and emerging technology trends point to increasing use of social networking in the enterprise.Column
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How to save money with application-level high availability
Enterprise-level high availability is complex and costly. Using application-level HA could actually save you a buck.Tip
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Hyper-V Replica
Hyper-V Replica is a free disaster recovery tool in Hyper-V 3.0 that creates and maintains copies of virtual machines (VMs ). In the event of a catastrophic loss, an administrator can failover to the replica VMs and provide business continuity.Definition
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Practical uses for shared-nothing live migration
Microsoft and VMware have touted the addition of shared-nothing live migration. How can your organization take advantage of this hot new feature?Tip
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Using power management to configure RHEV high availability
Get the tools necessary to configure RHEV high availability, provided you architect your data center accordingly and enable power managementTip
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SMB cookbook: Whipping up a virtualization disaster recovery plan
If your virtualization disaster recovery plan consists of just a backup tool, find out how you can kick it up a notch without breaking the bank.Tip
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Long distance vMotion in focus with VCE’s new VPLEX add-on
Long-distance vMotion is a hot topic in theory, but experts say use cases are still relatively limited, even among the large enterprises that can afford it.News | 24 May 2012
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Common storage and virtual machine snapshot challenges
Snapshots are a lifesaver, when used correctly. Just avoid the common storage and virtual machine snapshot pitfalls, so you can breathe easy.Tip
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Devising in-house workarounds to solve virtualization problems
Virtualization problems are bound to come up. But you don’t need a pricey product to solve your issues. You can always devise an in-house workaround.Answer
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Virtualization disaster recovery tools: No silver bullet solution
There’s a flood of virtualization disaster recovery tools available, but an effective DR plan may require a combination of technologies and products.Tip
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