March 17, 2011 1:44 PM
Posted by: AlyssaWood
cloud computing,
High availability and virtualization,
management tools,
Virtualization management,
VMware High AvailabilityLast week's IDC Directions 2011 Boston conference was all about cloud, cloud, cloud. But if you haven't made the move "to the cloud" yet, you're probably chipping away at virtualization -- a still-growing technology that many IT pros have concerns about.
Five years ago, people had two to four...
March 10, 2011 8:31 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Desktop virtualization,
iPad,
Microsoft Windows,
VMware ViewNews of the VMware View iPad client was all the rage yesterday. The constant discussion got so bad at one point that I had to close my Twitter client and take a breather (but not...
March 9, 2011 2:21 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Desktop virtualization,
iPad,
VMware ViewThe VMware View Client for iPad hit Apple's App Store today.
The VMware View iPad client lets users access their virtual desktops on their...
March 1, 2011 3:06 PM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
server virtualization,
unified communicationsThere are few technical barriers standing the way of virtualizing unified communications environments, but there also doesn’t seem to be much market interest in doing so at the moment.
Users today acknowledge that most communications servers, among the last bastions of virtualization-resistant...
February 25, 2011 5:59 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Hyper-V vs. VMware,
Virtualization managementWe learned yesterday that VMware will offer Hyper-V management with a new experimental vCenter plug-in, XVP...
February 24, 2011 8:53 PM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Hyper-V vs. VMware,
Microsoft Hyper-V,
SCVMM 2012,
System Center Virtual Machine Manager,
vCloud Director,
VMwareSpeculation that VMware will support Hyper-V has become reality.
A so-called "fling" that lets vCenter manage Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines (VMs) is now available for download on the...
February 21, 2011 6:37 PM
Posted by: KeithKessinger
Virtualization securityEven though server virtualization continues to evolve, it seems like antivirus software for virtual infrastructures is stuck in the past.
Traditionally, to protect against malware and viruses, antivirus agents must be placed in each virtual machine (VM). It's no secret that this model is plagued...
