In the last newsletter we discussed the impending perfect storm in which IT organizations implement three key initiatives, each of which are extremely beneficial, and yet end up in a place where for ...

The trend of virtualization is one of the most powerful forces in technology. Using data abstraction and control, the functions of compute, networking, and storage are being virtualized to create a ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. Thanks to on-going increases in processor performance, the number of Virtual Machines per server blade is ...

In our last newsletter we discussed some of the benefits of virtual appliances. In this newsletter we will discuss some of the potential challenges that are associated with virtual appliances. One of ...

IP contact centers can benefit from virtualization as much as any other technology, but because of the real-time nature and need for reliability, deploying virtual machines in this environment ...

As the mainstream continues to adopt virtualization into their IT environments, the question of IT security still comes up. In fact, some worry that security might even pose a bigger problem within a ...

That's the take of XenSource vice president of marketing John Bara. Looking around the stage he was sharing with those same vendors, Bara hedged, intimating that so far, everyone's been playing nice ...

Server virtualization is a growing reality in data centers. The economics are firmly behind the trend. Server virtualization reduces the total cost of ownership by reducing the number of physical ...

Virtualization is making data centers more flexible and efficient, but the technology is also raising new challenges, IT managers say. Consolidating onto fewer physical servers is one of the ...

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday took the wraps off HP Critical Advantage, a support services package that helps companies deal with the complexities --and emergencies -- that can arise when running mission ...

Server virtualization is supposed to save buckets of cash, largely from server reduction. After all, consolidating some 20 physical servers to three host servers means less hardware, power and cooling ...