As virtualization technologies have matured and become ubiquitous in many organizations, IT professionals have begun to lose control of the number of virtualized servers they have to manage. Commonly ...

Even tech companies need an IT overhaul from time to time. Case in point: Last year, a Canadian software developer (who preferred to remain nameless for the purposes of this story) called my team at ...

Sure, server provisioning and back-up become easier in the virtual world. But monitoring, especially checking the servers’ underlying physical resources, becomes even more important. You have to ...

The load on a virtualized back end is quite predictable. While it’s important to be able to move a server application from one hardware platform to another while running—through vMotion, for ...

If you haven't already perused the Tech Update special report on server virtualization you might want to mosey on over to see what it's all about. In case you're on the last 10 minutes of your ...

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In spite of the growing popularity of server virtualization, the majority of IT professionals don't consider their virtual environments as secure as the rest of their network operations. That's the ...

Server virtualization through the use of software products such as VMware has been implemented to varying degrees in corporate IT, with some successful and some not-so-successful outcomes. This year, ...

A few months ago when VMware released a free VMware Player, I challenged Microsoft to do the same. Not only has Microsoft answered, but they've gone a step further and made their Virtual Server 2005 ...

Every new legal IT project seems to require new data server hardware. Of course, things can get a little messy as more servers are added to meet demand. Many firms face serious usage issues, and spend ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts forecast the global virtualized and nonvirtualized physical servers market to grow at a CAGR of over 5% during the forecast period, according to their ...