LAURIANNE MCLAUGHLIN

Laurianne McLaughlin is technology editor at CIO magazine, where she edits CIO's Trendlines and Essential Technology sections. She also writes the Inside Tech blog on CIO.com.

VMware Makes Thin Client Moves

VMware certifies more thin clients for use with its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, offers thin clients packaged with Sun WAN technology, and rolls out new professional services for desktop virtualization.

Desktop Virtualization: Inside VMware's Strategy and Newest Plans

VMware has two big desktop virtualization technology improvements waiting in the wings. Will they win over enterprise IT leaders who've been watching and waiting on desktop virtualization?

Should CIOs be Afraid of Virtualization Startups?

VMware , the biggest big in virtualization right now, has owned the virtualization market for the past few years. Microsoft is racing to catch up; we'll see how its efforts play out this summer when Hyper-V arrives.

Adventures in Managing Virtualization

Evan Jafa, CIO for First American, has already learned plenty about server virtualization during his data center revamp. But he says the greatest virtualization challenges for IT leaders are yet to come. Think process management, network provisioning, and IT organization makeovers.

Monster Savings from Virtualization on Sesame Street

At Sesame Workshop, imagination is limitless but data center space and budgets are not. Take a look at how this non-profit is using open source virtualization tools to revamp its server strategy and count up substantial savings.

Consolidating Your Data Center? Avoid These Pitfalls

Are you ready for a data center makeover? Take a look at this checklist of the four most common mistakes to avoid in consolidating your data center.

Marathon's Virtualization Tool Simplifies Disaster Recovery

Marathon's everRun VM holds appeal for CIOs who need to protect critical business applications running in VMs, without the cost and complexity of traditional high availability products. In one plus, the software doesn't require a SAN.

Virtualization Security Hole Plugged by Altor's New Tool

Virtualization startup company's new security tool allows IT to see and analyze traffic between virtual machines, plugging a security hole that has long troubled virtualization experts.

How PayPal Keeps E-Commerce Humming in 15 Languages at Once

PayPal VP Matthew Mengerink shares an exclusive look at how his IT team cracked the problem of efficiently pushing localized PayPal site updates for 15 countries from France to Poland, simultaneously. If you're struggling with localizing content, consider his advice.

11 Cloud Computing Vendors to Watch

From Akamai to XCalibre, a new Forrester Research report examines intriguing cloud computing vendors. Get to know them: Like it or not, people in your company are already experimenting with the cloud, Forrester warns.

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