Essential Guides

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• Taking charge of VM allocation, troubleshooting methods

  Long-term virtual infrastructure health leads to business growth. To achieve this, you must master virtual machine capacity planning and troubleshooting techniques.  Continue Reading

• How to choose the best hardware for virtualization

  Selecting the best hardware for virtualization is the foundation of maintaining or designing a robust, reliable and scalable data center.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2017 conference coverage

  Check out TechTarget's full coverage of the VMworld 2017 U.S. conference in Las Vegas, including news and announcements from the convention floor.  Continue Reading

• Develop a solid virtualization capacity planning strategy

  Creating an effective virtualization capacity planning strategy is no small feat; it requires a great deal of careful consideration. This essential guide can get you started.  Continue Reading

• Fine-tune your virtualization performance management skills

  With content that touches on evaluating, managing and troubleshooting potential problems, this guide will give you a comprehensive understanding of virtualization performance.  Continue Reading

• Learn which virtualization management tool can best help your company

  Trying to decide on a virtualization management tool can be a daunting task. This buyer's guide can help you select the best management and monitoring tool for your company.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2016 conference coverage

  The latest news and analysis from VMworld 2016.  Continue Reading

• Learn the latest on OpenStack distributions and development

  OpenStack deployments can be difficult, but its features and potential cost savings are worth the trouble. Learn more about OpenStack with this essential guide.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2015 conference coverage

  Keep up with the latest news and Best of VMworld 2015 Awards coverage.  Continue Reading

• How to design your server virtualization infrastructure

  Designing a server virtualization infrastructure requires a lot of attention. Provisioning resources, planning for failure and looking at private clouds are just three starting points.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2014 conference coverage

  Attendees flock to San Francisco for one of the largest IT conferences focusing on virtualization, enterprise mobility and cloud computing.  Continue Reading

• Do more with less using these virtualization cost-saving approaches

  There are a lot of benefits virtualization provides, but taking a closer look at licensing, hardware and electricity could save you money.  Continue Reading

• The road to success begins with a virtualization certification path

  A virtualization certification can help you stand out among peers and advance your career. Find out which virtualization certification path fits you.  Continue Reading

• Prepare and prevent: Virtual recovery and backup strategies

  A virtual recovery and backup plan will be beneficial to your business in the long run when a virtual disaster hits.  Continue Reading

• Live Migration vs. vMotion: A guide to VM migration

  VMware vMotion and Microsoft Live Migration offer similar capabilities. Find out how competing VM live migration features work in this guide.  Continue Reading