virtualization

Data center expansion or consolidation

Posted January 13, 2012 - 5:47 pm

Consolidating..., er expanding..., er consolidating data centers!
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Virtualization, cloud, consolidation invigorate the data center market

Posted January 10, 2012 - 10:07 pm

Data Center Markets Heat Up
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The data center network in 2012

Posted December 27, 2011 - 6:21 pm

Is 2012 40G’s big year?
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The Feds step up data center consolidation

Posted December 21, 2011 - 10:23 pm

Yes Virginia, there are federal penny pinchers!
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The one thing still holding back cloud computing: Server huggers?

Posted December 5, 2011 - 4:06 pm

Trading a real server for an imaginary one was a stupid idea 20 years ago, an awkward one 10 years ago and de rigeur now. Still, some IT managers can't let go of the hardware without suspecting they're outsourcing their own jobs in the process.
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Big government getting smaller, at least in data centers

Posted November 29, 2011 - 5:22 pm

Department of Defense fights data center sprawl
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VMware hacks at thinning wall between Macs, PCs. And between Macs.

Posted November 21, 2011 - 11:19 am

Virtualize enough things on the desktop and which operating system the user chooses hardly matters at all.
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Is your data center ready for the consumerization of IT?

Posted October 25, 2011 - 1:25 pm

The consumerization of IT in the enterprise. It’s the hot topic that could burn you, if you don’t prepare.
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Data center simulation technologies take the guesswork out of energy consumption

Posted October 17, 2011 - 10:22 pm

Does shifting server loads spike your data center’s energy bills? This technology could tell you…
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Desktop virtualization smackdown: Parallels vs. VMware vs. VirtualBox

Posted October 11, 2011 - 2:43 pm

If you're looking to virtualize guest OSes on your desktop, there's a three-way battle for your affections. Find out what the contenders have to offer -- and where each falls short.
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Old-school security in next-gen data centers

Posted October 4, 2011 - 8:54 am

Can you protect virtual systems with yesterday's security?
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Data center energy consumption will increase. Are you (not) surprised?

Posted September 26, 2011 - 3:39 pm

Data centers and their piggish energy ways.
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Cisco’s data center deluge [video]

Posted September 20, 2011 - 10:10 am

Cisco finds the cool in the warm Texas clime.
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Data center lock-down is top concern.

Posted September 15, 2011 - 9:14 am

Data center security an afterthought? Survey says: No!
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Best feature in Windows 8: Potential to take 'PC,' ditch the OS

Posted September 14, 2011 - 3:01 pm

With virtualization, cloud and portability, Microsoft may be building its first actual operating environment focused on the end user, despite years of claiming that's what Windows was.
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Windows 8 features: Tablet! Cloud! Apps! Smoke, Mirrors, Misdirection!!!

Posted September 14, 2011 - 5:30 am

Microsoft turned the buzz about it from negative to positive during the past weeks with its standby Big New Product Show &ndash debuting an operating system everyone wanted to see because they never had any choice but to buy it. Now, of course, they do. If they remember.
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Software industry calls half its customers thieves

Posted September 7, 2011 - 11:29 am

47% of PC users are willing to use illegal software, costing vendors billions, according to a study that weeps for the plight of highly profitable software makers but doesn't mention the billions customers waste on unnecessary maintenance, upgrades and rigidly obsolete licensing terms.
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RingCube acquisition lets Citrix offer VDI power without VDI cost

Posted August 10, 2011 - 4:11 pm

A number of vendors offer software to containerize virtual desktop personalizations and apps; Citrix will use RingCube's to make virtual desktops a higher-performing, more flexible three-tier application that can run on one hard drive or a mix of local and data-center hardware.
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Cloud isn't making IT irrelevant; IT is doing that itself

Posted June 21, 2011 - 11:31 am

Let users avoid internal IT; they'll still have to deal with IT at a SAAS or cloud provider, and halve less leverage to get what they want, one reader commented. Yep,and whose fault is that?
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Clouds are already taking control over IT away from IT

Posted June 20, 2011 - 3:29 pm

In five years half of all new IT spending will be on cloud; that will change a lot about IT, but no impact will be greater than CIOs' loss of control over the IT for which they're responsible.
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Why businesses move to the cloud: They hate IT

Posted June 16, 2011 - 1:01 pm

Four-fifths of business unit managers said their businesses are so dependent on technology they can't serve customers without it; increasingly they're doing that via the cloud, not through IT.
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Users call virtualization, cloud huge disappointments; plan to keep buying anyway

Posted June 13, 2011 - 1:53 pm

End-user companies report an overwhelming disappointment in virtualization and cloud computing, expecting performance that's acceptable even if it never meets changing goals.
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Selling to SMBs makes virtualization, cloud cheaper, simpler, more available

Posted May 25, 2011 - 11:11 am

SMBs are driving a lot of the cloud market, which drives IT vendors to cater to them. SMBs aren't just motivated by cost, though; they use cloud to get more mobile, grow faster, increase sales.
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Cloud passes test with CIOs, who put money where their clouds should be

Posted May 25, 2011 - 10:15 am

A lot of technologies attract interest or pilot projects from big companies. The only techs that stick around are those that make companies willing to hire for the skills to make them work.
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VMware CIO: IT that's easy is more important than bells and whistles

Posted May 18, 2011 - 12:18 pm

VMware CIO Mark Egan runs a sophisticated IT shop, but even end users at a leading tech company want to focus on their jobs, not learning a new system with a steep learning curve.
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