There aren't many more innovative industries within IT than virtualization.
Microsoft's first effort at enterprise-level virtualization is a good start, but lots of rough edges remain.
Every type of hardware -- from chips to PCs to wireless LANs -- is evolving to support new enterprise demands for mobilization, virtualization and conservation.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 05/01/2008
The Microsoft Windows operating system has become unwieldy and is choking on the amount of code that needs to be maintained.
When it comes to infrastructure and operations, research firm Gartner says that virtualization will be the most significant trend through the next four years.
One of the great things about virtualization is that it makes it incredibly easy to add a new server -- or 10, or 100 new servers.
Although 54 percent of large enterprises around the globe rate management of their virtual server environment as a critical or high IT priority, fewer than half (45 percent) think their companies are doing it effectively, according to CA's global survey about virtualized environments released this week.
- By James E. Powell
- 02/21/2008
A global enterprise virtualization survey released today confirms that virtualization is becoming stronger and stronger in the enterprise, with server virtualization leading the wave.
Microsoft reversed an earlier decision that would have forced IT pros to wait until mid-March to get their hands on Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Late last week, Canonical Ltd. announced that Ubuntu users will now be able to access the Parallels Workstation virtualization software through the Ubuntu Partner Repository.
Manipulate how your VMs work using the vmrun command.
- By Greg Shields
- 01/22/2007
The ZXTM Virtual Appliance provides load balancing and traffic management within the virtual network infrastructure.
Sneak a peek at the contents of your virtual drives.
- By Greg Shields
- 01/15/2007
A three-part look at VMware command-line tools. First up: vdiskmanager.exe
- By Greg Shields
- 01/08/2007
EMC's virtual machine software edges out Microsoft's in overall features.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- 08/01/2004