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• Best of VMworld 2016 US Awards: Rules and criteria

  Read the official Best of VMworld 2016 US Awards rules for contest information and find out how to nominate products.  Continue Reading

• Virtualization levels have peaked, so what's next?

  Now that virtualization is a mature technology, organizations should be looking to further refine their infrastructure and consider the next step.  Continue Reading

• Amid hype, definition of hybrid cloud still elusive

  While there are many competing definitions, most agree that a true hybrid cloud is more than just running workloads both on and off premises.  Continue Reading

• Planning for storage volume in the containerized world

  Containers are everywhere. But do they meet organizations' storage needs?  Continue Reading

• Six years in, what's the future of OpenStack?

  In 2010, Rackspace and NASA announced a collaborative effort to develop an open source cloud platform, but years later OpenStack adoption is still low.  Continue Reading

• IT resource management and virtual server housekeeping tips

  Without regular monitoring, sprawl and overallocation can waste expensive compute and storage resources  Continue Reading

• How IT silos are affecting VMware NSX licensing and adoption

  NSX adoption has expanded rapidly over the last year, but the product still faces challenges and pricing complaints.  Continue Reading

• VMware hopes hybrid cloud networking is the future of NSX

  As vSphere revenue dips, VMware is hoping NSX can find its place in the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Navigating OpenStack deployment challenges

  Businesses struggle to mask the open source platform's complexity, but sound procedures enhance the likelihood of successful deployments.  Continue Reading

• How should organizations approach the DevOps movement?

  Is DevOps just a buzzword or will it have long-term consequences for IT operations?  Continue Reading

• The cloud bursting bubble: Still no easy solution to compute spikes

  It sounds good in theory, but there are a lot of holes in the idea of bursting compute to the cloud.  Continue Reading

• OpenStack tops open source private cloud options, but adoption lags

  Community interest and support for OpenStack remains high, but production use has been limited to the largest enterprises with budget and manpower to spare.  Continue Reading

• CloudBolt tops Impact Awards for private cloud management

  Organizations looking to deploy a private or hybrid cloud have a bevy of software tools to choose from. Our 'Modern Infrastructure' Impact Awards can help narrow the options.  Continue Reading

• Protect your IT investment during turbulent times

  Businesses need to be ready in case their virtualization vendor is quickly acquired, reconfigured or goes out of business.  Continue Reading

• Server virtualization trends will de-emphasize hypervisor in 2016

  Now that the door has closed on 2015, our advisory board experts weigh in on server virtualization trends and offer predictions for what they expect in 2016.  Continue Reading