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Learn how to manage and secure virtual environments, stay current on virtualization news, and discover best practices for getting the most out of desktop and server virtualization.

Up-and-coming tech jobs

Posted May 21, 2012 - 1:54 pm

Big changes in IT are spawning a new class of tech job titles. Here are a few up-and-comers -- and a rundown of the skills you need to land these positions.
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How to virtualize mission-critical applications

Posted April 30, 2012 - 3:18 pm

Enterprises are virtualizing more and more of their workloads. The benefits are well-known: consolidation and infrastructure efficiency; faster provisioning of applications and better configuration management; universal high-availability services; automated resource optimization, and dynamic scaling of applications.
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How to wrangle your virtual machines

Posted March 28, 2012 - 6:05 am

While vendors continue to work toward a single console, or "single pane of glass" tools, customers must choose from products that manage only parts of their environments or focus on specific problems such as the sprawl of unused virtual machines, security or backup.
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Is mobile virtualization ready for your business?

Posted March 19, 2012 - 7:07 am

Virtualization is a reality in most date centers these days, but now IT executives are looking at mobile virtualization as a result of the BYOD culture. By running two instances of an operating system on a smartphone, you can relegate personal apps and services to one OS and business services to a more secure OS.
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IT's 6-step guide to adopting consumerization

Posted March 5, 2012 - 7:11 am

Most businesses are accepting, even embracing, consumer technology. What do they know that you don't?
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Need an agile infrastructure? Do your homework

Posted January 18, 2012 - 3:55 pm

To keep pace with a fast-changing business environment, these companies are ditching inflexible legacy systems in favor of software as a service and cloud computing. Are they getting the speed, flexibility and cost savings they thought they would?
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6 reasons small businesses need virtualization

Posted January 11, 2012 - 12:24 pm

If you run a small or mid-sized business, server virtualization promises cost savngs and improved IT efficiency. To help ensure you understand the advantages, we drew up a list of the most tangible benefits that virtualization has to offer small and mid-sized businesses
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'Server huggers' impede cloud migrations

Posted January 5, 2012 - 1:23 pm

Chipita America has become almost serverless over the past six years by moving its ERP, EDI and BI systems, Office and Exchange applications and file servers to the cloud.
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How to guard your data as it travels among cloud providers

Posted January 5, 2012 - 12:00 pm

Some cloud computing vendors outsource parts of their services to subcontractors, who may in turn outsource to others. Here's how to know who has your company's data and how secure it really is.
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Why enterprise software will never be the same

Posted January 3, 2012 - 5:53 pm

It's a stretch to call 2011 a truly transformative year for enterprise software, given all the old warts that remain, from large-scale IT project failures to creaky legacy systems that will take years and great expense to replace with the latest-and-greatest.
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Cloud SWAT teams

Posted January 3, 2012 - 3:57 pm

Cloud computing poses unique security challenges. Here's how cloud-specific 'security incident-response teams' could help governments and large enterprises respond to malicious activity and make the cloud more trustworthy. Insider (registration required)
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2011: When cloud computing shook the data center

Posted December 28, 2011 - 7:16 am

In a year of surging private cloud activity and major build-outs in public cloud capacity, the cloud's promised simplification remains elusive
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12 IT outsourcing predictions for 2012

Posted December 22, 2011 - 3:07 pm

In 2011, the IT outsourcing industry was marked by smaller deals, leery customers, profit-squeezed IT service providers and a lot of cloud computing talk. Much of that could continue next year, but as our 12 predictions for 2012 indicate, you can expect some new IT outsourcing developments--maybe even a few firsts.
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Top 10 small business tech predictions for 2012

Posted December 22, 2011 - 8:44 am

From more affordable virtualization to cloud everything to gigabit wireless to NAS appliances, small businesses have a lot to watch for in 2012. To help you plan for the year ahead, check our picks for top tech trends of 2012 -- all cast with the needs of small businesses in mind.
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10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011

Posted December 20, 2011 - 10:43 am

With the year drawing to a close, one thing seems abundantly clear: There are still an awful lot of ERP and other software projects running off the rails out there.
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Special report: Introducing Windows Server 8

Posted December 14, 2011 - 11:15 am

Microsoft rolls out one of its most significant updates with the next version of Windows Server 8; find out what it means for your company
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Follow the money -- Revlon's private cloud

Posted December 12, 2011 - 6:24 pm

Think of a brand such as Revlon and words such as ‘glamour’ and ‘excitement’ are far more likely to come to mind than terms such as virtual machines and private Cloud infrastructure.
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The tech jobs hiring boom is real -- for these skills

Posted December 12, 2011 - 7:16 am

After some tough years for IT and tech pros, high demand for tech workers is here in some areas -- and is expected to continue
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10 most powerful cloud companies

Posted December 8, 2011 - 3:15 pm

Virtually every vendor has a cloud story to tell. But here are 10 companies that have distinguished themselves as the leaders in cloud computing.
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10 must-have tools for cloud power users

Posted December 7, 2011 - 12:06 pm

For many of us, the cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives -- photos, documents, contacts and more -- are online. So isn't it time to take control?
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Rumble in the cloud: 5 cloud storage services compared

Posted December 1, 2011 - 8:00 am

Clouds aren't just for IT departments looking to cut costs anymore. Today, free and low-cost cloud services are available for everyone. But which is right for you?
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Parallels Desktop vs. Boot Camp: Which is best for running Windows on a Mac?

Posted November 28, 2011 - 4:59 pm

Parallels Desktop 7 promises Apple users the best Windows experience on the Mac through virtualization. But is it actually better than running Boot Camp? We put both solutions to the test.
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Prudential Financial: 1,000 servers moved into a virtual environment

Posted October 24, 2011 - 12:05 pm

When Mary O'Malley became Prudential's environmental task force chairperson in 2007, she found that the company's IT department was already focused on being green.
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Public cloud security remains MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Posted October 11, 2011 - 12:59 pm

Someday, cloud security vendors and cloud services providers will convince enterprise IT that it's safe to move sensitive data and mission critical apps from the private cloud to the public cloud.
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Cloud computing for consumers: The downsides

Posted September 12, 2011 - 6:43 pm

If you read much about tech, you've undoubtedly been told by some snarky writer that if you're not headed for the cloud, you're hopelessly unhip, behind the times, and probably overweight. You know -- the cloud, that repository of all things digital contained on giant servers owned by someone else out there in cyberspace.
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VirtualizationWhite Papers & Webcasts

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vRanger Helps Cut Replication Time by Almost 70%

There's a reason why more than 38,000 customers trust vRanger to protect their critical virtual data! In this Quest Software case study, see how vRanger helped Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. cut replication time from days to minutes - and how this translated to real time and money savings.

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ESG: Product Brief: Quest vRanger 5.3 brings enterprise-class VMware protection to SMB's

Free paper: how virtualization impacts SMBs, and strategies for enterprise-class VMware protection

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Converged Storage: Utility Storage - The Ideal Platform for Virtual and Cloud Computing

Server virtualization has transformed corporate IT -- companies have enjoyed major cost savings and have gained flexibility and efficiency. But this has also led to a proliferation of virtual machines and servers that threaten to overwhelm data movement and storage technologies. In this IDG Tech Dossier, learn how utility storage makes for massive consolidation, flexibility and scalability, so IT departments can reduce storage infrastructure and lower costs while improving their ability to respond to fast-changing needs of business units.Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Virtualizing the Client - The HP Way

HP VirtualSystem delivers best-in-class virtualization, with integrated software, services, infrastructure, and management - all delivered as one proven solution.Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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