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Bad physical networking decisions. Unpatched systems. Too much access to virtual server management consoles. These and other problems can degrade the security of your virtual servers. If you're ready to improve virtual server security, consider this five-step checklist as a start.
CASE STUDIES
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.
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.
Think your current IT project's scope is daunting? Alcatel-Lucent CIO Elizabeth Hackenson just finished the first leg of a three-year job to consolidate her company's 25 data centers and 125 server rooms down to just six data centers, including a unique new center near Paris that opens this week.
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Virtualization Advisor
VMware is still counting to a disturbing degree on its hypervisor to keep it ahead of competitors like Microsoft, Citrix, and increasingly, every other operating system or server-manufacturer out there.
Too many people forget that VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) is the entire virtual environment. Think far beyond ESX Server.
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