Top Story - No Virtualization Skills? Start NOW

IT departments today may be looking to hire virtualization specialists, but as the technology becomes mainstream for servers, desktops, storage and networks, industry watchers and high-tech hiring managers say virtual know-how will become a standard requirement for many IT job candidates.

Article - How To Make the Most of Storage Virtualization

Launching a storage virtualization project? What should be the points to ponder over, when you want to step outside normal storage purchases to look for high performance, high availability cutting edge storage technologies.Industry watchers offer five key questions you need to ask

Whitepaper - Intel Virtualization Technology: Hardware Assisted Virtualization for Today's Businesses

Intel is taking server and workstation virtualization to a new level with Intel Virtualization Technology. Read this brief to find out how.

Top Story - Open-Source Virtualization Moving In

Virtualization is unarguably one of the biggest trends of the past few years, and open-source software has been on the IT radar for a while now. So does that make open-source virtualization twice as much of a good thing?

Whitepaper - Inside the Emerging World of Open Source Virtualization

What's next in virtualization? Exclusive IDG research shows many IT decision-makers are pigeon-holed by the growing costs and limitations of proprietary virtualization solutions. But is there an open source alternative offering enterprise-class pre- and post-sales support from a global vendor? The answer is yes-IBM, Intel and Novell's Solution for Open Virtualization. Click here to get on the best path to true open source virtualization for the lowest TCO.

Article - Why CIOs Are Turning To Storage Virtualization

Storage virtualization is going mainstream, but you'll want to avoid the common pitfalls and ask the right questions before rolling your own out. Here are six key issues to consider as you prepare to get all the pieces together.

Article - How Far can Virtualization Work?

Users are working hard to figure out how far they can push virtual servers without sacrificing application service levels, according to CIO's first survey on virtualization.

Top Story - Desktop Virtualization Vs. User Virtualization

A management software vendor has released software that it said helps IT managers oversee and maintain the "personalities" of virtualized desktop PCs.

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Whitepaper - Virtualization Delivers IT and Business Benefits for SMBs

Virtualization leader VMware has been a pioneer in both enterprise and SMB virtualization deployments, particularly in server virtualization. In June 2006, VMware launched its VMware Infrastructure 3 bundled solutions, packaging together the company's older and newer product functionality into several easily digestible bundles. This paper profiles the virtualization experience of two VMware SMB-size customers, and provides a window into the 'real-life' impact of virtualization for IT managers juggling the dual priorities of remaining competitive and keeping costs in check.