A new and much needed tool has entered the Microsoft Virtual Server R2 SP1 world. Called VMRCPlus, this Virtual Machine Remote Control Client Plus tool is a welcomed addition to managing any Microsoft ...

Virtualization is everywhere. It's the hot ticket in town. Sales pitches offer virtual solutions as the new pixie dust that makes technology infrastructure better, cheaper, easier, greener and faster.

Multi-system virtual server and management environments can be quite complex to install. It appears that the folks over at Virtual Iron have come up with an interesting way to make deployment of ...

Sandra Gittlen is a freelance journalist and a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Robert Maley, CISO for Pennsylvania, is a fan of server virtualization. The technology ...

Managing virtual servers requires IT managers to think outside the box – literally. System administrators trained to check the health and availability of physical servers now must figure out how to ...

What’s the problem with bolt-on security for virtual servers and virtual environments? Too many people forget that VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) is the entire virtual environment (VE). Granted ...

Solid-state storage is ideal for the type of I/O demands that virtual server and desktop environments bring. With extremely random I/O, the need can soon arise to deliver reads and writes more quickly ...

Many of our past columns have centered on a recurring theme: increasing the value of IT without scaling cost, all while ensuring minimal risk to the business. In keeping with this theme, in this ...

Every single millisecond matters when a visitor first arrives on your website, since even the smallest delay can influence ...

Server virtualization through the use of software products such as VMware has been implemented to varying degrees in corporate IT, with some successful and some not-so-successful outcomes. This year, ...