The Virtualization Room

November 2009

Red Hat virtualization: No Windows Server 2008, RHEL management
Colin Steele - Editorial Director 04 Nov 2009

The new Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform made its debut yesterday, with Red Hat touting it as a "standalone, lightweight, high-performance hypervisor" that "provides a solid ...

VMware: Hyper-V turns Windows into DOS
Colin Steele - Editorial Director 02 Nov 2009

The trash talk in the Microsoft vs. VMware feud once reached Reggie Miller vs. Spike Lee heights. The two companies rarely passed up the opportunity to disparage, make fun of or even spread lies ...

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5 vCenter features you should know about

VMware vCenter is the pre-eminent vSphere management tool. Get to know some of vCenter's lesser-known features to make this tool ...

3 ways to implement vSphere GPU virtualization

You can implement GPU hardware using VMDirectPath I/O, Nvidia Grid or Bitfusion FlexDirect on vSphere. Understand the pros and ...

How to resolve 5 common VMware SRM error messages

You can use VMware Site Recovery Manager to protect your VMs and the apps that run on them. When SRM errors occur, follow these ...

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Stay informed about Microsoft security patches in 2019

Administrators can get up-to-date information about Microsoft security updates and expert advice on patch prioritization to ...

How to add the App Compatibility Feature on Demand to Server Core

Microsoft closed the functionality gap between Server Core and full desktop deployments with the App Compatibility feature, but ...

May Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day, new Intel CPU bugs

Microsoft fixed 23 critical vulnerabilities in its latest monthly security updates, as well as patches for supported and ...

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Microsoft hands developer advocates keys to the kingdom

Microsoft views developers as key to not only maintaining its customer base, but expanding it through interaction with open ...

Poor hybrid data placement can swell cloud costs

Enterprises that rely on public clouds are no stranger to egress traffic charges, but those costs can skyrocket when it comes to ...

Apptio buys Cloudability for cloud cost optimization

Apptio looks to strengthen its cloud cost optimization services with the addition of Cloudability, as the industry continues to ...

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How to use two-factor authentication in Horizon View

Two-factor authentication is an important security layer for VDI deployments that helps to prevent breaches. Discover the ins and...

Consider VDI alternatives to major VDI vendors

VDI options from smaller vendors can help organizations simplify and save money on implementation. Here are three cost-saving VDI...

How to use PowerShell to track VDI resources

It's never ideal to have underutilized servers in a VDI environment. Here's how IT pros can create a PowerShell script to track ...

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HPE-Cray deal brings supercomputers to enterprises for AI

HPE's $1.3 billion deal to acquire supercomputing pioneer Cray Inc. should better position the company in the HPC market among IT...

IBM mainframe pricing overhaul inspired by cloud model

IBM's new Tailored Fit Pricing model gives enterprises more flexibility in the types of workloads they run on the z/OS platform.

Red Hat CTO: Scalability, usability key RHEL 8 components

Linux software is expanding its use cases for data center and cloud options. Red Hat CTO Chris Wright details how the company is ...