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Server consolidation and improved resource utilization, Green data center: Reducing power consumption with virtualization, Reducing IT costs with server virtualization, Improving server management with virtualization
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While ESXi includes support for many popular hardware platforms, comprehensive server health monitoring with the vSphere Client sometimes requires installing the correct CIM provider.
While there is no official VMware cloud certification yet, IT pros hoping to get ahead should abandon the siloed approach to IT and prepare to lead their organization to the cloud.
Green initiatives aren’t just for data centers. Reducing electricity use and preventing e-waste at home can be as simple as using free VMware software to virtualize desktops.
Microsoft's Adam Hall runs down the significant changes made to the Operations Manager component in System Center 2012 and the thinking behind them.
Test your virtualization knowledge by answering these questions about Microsoft's latest hypervisor offering.
It pays to know about Active Directory. Test your knowledge with a quick quiz.
Microsoft will reintroduce Windows Azure next month with a new Web hosting framework and a detailed roadmap for its long-awaited IaaS, sources say.
Compatibility with Amazon, a slew of cloud tools and its upcoming CloudPlatform could help virtualization titan Citrix become a serious cloud vendor.
Centralizing security management in a private cloud is an easy way to fend off malware attacks and adhere to BYOD security policies.
VMware's acquisition of Wanova gives View shops software to centrally manage virtual and physical desktops and a way to support departmental and user installed apps with VDI.
BriForum London covers everything from Microsoft VDI licensing to best practices for optimizing VDI workloads -- and even a session on how to fail at VDI.
Don't leave your VDI testing results to chance. Be sure to include your users in the virtual desktop testing process. A successful implementation may hinge upon their happiness.
Puppet Labs surprises some IT pros with a new EMC partnership that open-sources automated bare-metal provisioning for servers.
Businesses can save millions by leasing data center space rather than building their own, but some feel private data centers are the best bet.
Data center experts say most enterprises can’t imitate Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but they could reap the benefits over time.