Deconstructing the "S" word in virtualisation

As per Veeam Software's V-index for third quarter of 2011, over one-third or 38.9 percent of all servers among businesses surveyed were virtual; with 86.5 percent of businesses into virtualisation to some...

IT giant Hewlett-Packard announced that it has completed the integration of its VirtualSystem product line with VMware’s virtualisation tools - a move aimed at simplifying and speeding up the management of virtualised...

Leading technology vendor IBM has updated its Intel-based server portfolio by dishing out seven new servers under its System X line of enterprise servers based on the memory enhancing eX5 chipset. The server roll out by the Big...

In this podcast, Mick Walker From IBM & Steve Gold From ITProportal.com will be discussing how virtualisation can assist organisations when it comes to consolidating existing IT systems and infrastructures. Now, server...

Microsoft, the Redmond based software behemoth, had developed its very own cloud service-based operating system in a separate division named Windows Azure Group which was kept separate from the Windows and Server groups. Now, the...

Some IT industry observers confuse application virtualisation with server virtualisation - Steve Gold explains what the technology is and why it so highly advantageous to tap the advantages that it adds to the benefits of...

A lot has been written in the last few years about how virtualisation makes data centres `greener,' but how much is hype and how much is tangible benefit that IT managers can prove - as far as it is reasonable to do so - to their...

Maximising the return on investment (ROI) derived from the virtualisation of your IT resources is not an easy task, simply because of the number of variables that are involved. However, as any mathematician will confirm, breaking...

Open source software bellwether Red Hat Enterprises has rolled out a new server virtualisation platform in an apparent attempt to capitalise on the rising adoption of the notion of cloud computing among businesses these days. The...

Server virtualisation is held up by most vendors as a paragon of virtue when it comes to cutting costs and simplifying an organisation's IT resources. But whilst the first virtue is relatively easy to prove on a return on...

Virtualisation is almost certainly on the agenda for your IT resource, but what are the main problems that IT professionals come up against when implementing a virtual environment? It's clear that, with budgets remaining tight...

Research and analyst firm Gartner has painted a rather rosy picture for the server virtualisation market in spite of strong decline in the IT space over the past year or so. According to Gartner, as of now around 18 percent of...

In what can be termed as a sign of things to come, leading Linux solution vendor Red Hat announced on Wednesday that its Enterprise Linux server operating system can be safely used with Microsoft Windows Server on the same...

There is little doubt in an IT Manager’s mind that when it comes to saving costs on your servers or desktops, virtualisation is quite possibly the number one cost saver.  But how many people fully leverage the...

Network equipment giant Cisco Systems has confirmed that it will be releasing servers as the battle in the network segment switches from one to make tidy profits to one of survival as the recession bites hard. According to the...