Virtualization

Thu, November 03, 2011 -

Thu, November 03, 2011 - While conventional wisdom says virtualized environments and public clouds create massive security headaches, the godfather of Xen, Simon Crosby, says virtualization actually holds a key to better security.

Wed, November 02, 2011 - Hitachi Data Systems plans to release its latest flavor of Converged Platform data center offerings aimed at analyzing massive amounts of data in SAP environments.

Wed, November 02, 2011 - Ten years ago the argument over virtualization would have been a short one because VMware was the only game in town, but that early dominance is now being significantly challenged by Microsoft, Citrix and Red Hat (KVM).

Wed, November 02, 2011 - Several different flavors have sprung up in cloud computing and each has their pros and cons. Add to these the plethora of vendor-created acronyms and it can be confusing to figure out the best option.

Mon, October 31, 2011 - Optimizing data center license management is a key to decreasing application costs, but meeting the challenge requires technology and processes that can deal with heterogeneous, complex license environments that are made all the more complicated by adoption of virtualization.

Thu, October 27, 2011 - After years of playing catch-up to VMware the upcoming version of Hyper-V is wowing the Microsoft faithful with unique new features -- and gaining the attention of VMware users, too, one consultant says.

Thu, October 27, 2011 - U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel hopes cloud computing, Web services and a new IT culture of sharing can reap huge savings and prop up Uncle Sam.

Thu, October 27, 2011 - These movie gadgets may be fictional, but they sure are awesome. Isn't it about time we start seeing this stuff in the real world?

Wed, October 26, 2011 - Citrix says it's driven down costs to the point that next year it will be cheaper to deploy virtual desktops than traditional desktops.