Virtualisation

VMware vSphere On iPad Is Just Eye Candy

It's a nice idea, but this iPad app to control VMware virtual machines lacks management muscle

14 years ago

Computacenter Adopts NetApp For Virtual Data Centres

Flexible architecture can save money and energy, according to infrastructure provider Computacenter

14 years ago

Microsoft Virtualises US Store Giant’s Workloads

Target uses Microsoft’s Systems Centre and Hyper-V technology to virtualise and manage business-critical retail operations

14 years ago

iPad Gets vSphere Control Application

VMware has released a SpringSource-developed vSphere iPad client allowing virtualisation admins to do at least part of their work on…

14 years ago

Forrester: Virtualisation Use Grows Sharply

The server virtualisation market is maturing, with a spike in virtual servers, says Forrester

14 years ago

VMware’s WaveMaker Acquisition Is A Smart Buy

VMware’s acquisition of WaveMaker is the perfect move to help it find a place in the cloud akin to Microsoft…

14 years ago

New Green Grid Guide Extends To Servers And Storage

In its Data Centre Maturity Model, the Green Grid adds servers and storage to its power and cooling concerns

14 years ago

Remote Working Presents Security Issues For IT

Remote access is becoming more popular, more complex and more risk-prone, forcing IT departments to get clued-up

14 years ago

VDI Can Give IT Managers A Strategic Advantage

The days of workloads running on a single, physical desktop are rapidly coming to an end, says Cameron Sturdevant

14 years ago

Racemi Migrates Across VMware, Xen And Hyper-V

DynaCenter automates movement of server images across or between different virtualisation hypervisors

14 years ago

Business Worried About Virtual Disaster Recovery

Hybrid virtualised environments are causing businesses backup and recovery concerns reports Acronis

14 years ago

Parallels Names New Boss And Discusses SMB Cloud Strategy

Parallels has named a new CEO and it outlined its strategy to bring the Cloud to the SMB market

14 years ago

Virtualisation Is Real Security Focus At RSA Conference

For Trend Micro, Symantec and Hewlett-Packard, virtualisation is a focal point at the RSA Conference

14 years ago

Scottish Council Uses Free-Air Cooling For ‘Listed’ Data Centre

A Scottish local authority is cutting servers and saving energy at a data centre in a listed building

14 years ago

Canonical And Cisco Welcome OpenStack’s Bexar Releases

Canonical and Cisco join the open-source OpenStack federated cloud initiative as new releases arrive

14 years ago

How To Automate IT Service Delivery

Automated IT service delivery can be crucial to provisioning resources, helping to fulfil strategic, operational and tactical demand

14 years ago

IBM Joins Crowded Market With Virtual Desktop Platform

IBM has released its long awaited virtual desktop package to provide anytime and anywhere access to PCs

14 years ago

Appliances Can Bring BI To The Masses

Enterprise software could take off in the SMB sector if it's packaged up in easy-to-use form, say Microsoft's Doug Leland…

14 years ago

Oracle’s VirtualBox Adds Resource Controls: Review

Oracle VirtualBox 4.0 has a cleaner user interface and more controls for desktop virtual machines, while keeping a low-cost position

14 years ago

Does Virtualisation Break Compliance?

Companies face increasingly stiff regulations for their IT. Peter Judge asks - if you virtualise your servers, will you fall…

14 years ago

Government To Cut Costs With Cloud Computing

The government will look to outsourcing and cloud computing to cut costs in 2011, predicts Ovum

14 years ago

Oracle’s VirtualBox Opens For Heavier Workloads

Open sourced VirtualBox 4.0 features an easier-to-use interface and improved virtual appliance capabilities

14 years ago

VMware Outlines Hypervisor Security Plans

VMware is to move antivirus and antispam processing off of virtual machines and insert it directly into the hypervisor

14 years ago

Why Do Virtualised Servers Need Real Support Staff?

Long term, virtualisation and the cloud will be less labour-intensive than today's IT, says Peter Judge. But in the short…

14 years ago

HP Offers Real People To Support Virtual Servers

In HPs support package, customers get dedicated staff to help with their virtual servers

14 years ago

Virtualisation Leads Mobile Trends For 2011

The most significant enabler of mobile innovation in 2011 will be virtualisation, according to OK Labs' Steve Subar

14 years ago

Dell Bids £553m To Buy Compellent Storage Business

Dell and Compellent are working on a merger that would let Dell compete with EMC, HP and IBM

14 years ago

Citrix Demonstrates Its Support For Google Chrome OS

Citrix Systems has pledged to support Chrome OS in 2011 by pairing its Receiver app with Chrome netbooks

14 years ago

Virtual WAN Optimiser Could Boost Data Centres

Silver Peak says its new 1Gbps VM can meet high-end business continuity and disaster recovery needs

14 years ago

Cisco And BMC Build A Platform For Cloud Service Providers

Joint project develops the ICDP for telcos, large and midrange applications providers and storage providers

14 years ago