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Keeping IT Up
Added 23rd May 2012How IT business continuity is challenged by four tech megatrends: Social, mobile, virtualization and cloud.
Virtualization on Double Duty
Added 23rd May 2012Here’s how virtualization and replication technologies protect data from disaster, while keeping business services humming.
Virtualization Management: A Single Pane of Glass
Added 23rd May 2012IT wants fewer, more comprehensive virtualization management tools. But for now, specialized vendors tackle different challenges.
Smart Questions for Analyzing Virtualization-cloud Products
Added 14th Mar 2012 There are many security issues to consider when selecting virtualization cloud products for your organization. Gregory Machler suggest questions to ask when you're examining your choices.Amazon Hails Era of 'Utility Supercomputing'
Added 12th Mar 2012High performance computing on-demand will revolutionise scientific research, claims AWS.
How to Shop for Application Delivery Controllers
Added 12th Mar 2012The key difference between Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) is the way they can be integrated into your organization's network topology. Most organizations may deploy a server load balancer/ADC in-line as a Layer-3 reverse-proxy-server.
3 Key Issues for Secure Virtualization
Added 12th Mar 2012Virtualization represents a sea change in IT practices. Bound for years by the "one application, one server" rule, IT infrastructure was over capacity, underused and not cost-effective.
How Smarter Hypervisor use can Lead to big Change in Security
Added 30th Jan 2012To gain insight on the months ahead as they relate to IT attacks, malware, cloud security, and the impact of virtualization on security, we recently chatted with Simon Crosby, former CTO of Citrix Systems' data center and cloud business.
Bang for your IT buck
Added 30th Jan 2012By all accounts the economy is stronger now than it was 12 months ago, but it is also clear that companies are still moving cautiously, and for the bulk of IT that means continuing to do more with what you have, which is at least better than doing more with less.
Six Reasons Small Businesses Need Virtualization
Added 30th Jan 2012Server virtualization has been around for more than 10 years and while issues such as storage and I/O bottlenecks can still rear their head, the multi-faceted advantages offered by virtualization are real and attainable even if you run a small business
2011: the Year Cloud Computing Shook the Data Center
Added 10th Jan 2012In a year of surging private cloud activity and major build-outs in public cloud capacity, the cloud's promised simplification remains elusive
How to Handle Virtual Desktops, Wireless, Network Performance Issues
Added 10th Jan 2012Schools are for learning, and the information technology and security professionals who support networks and applications in the nation's K-12 and university systems are discovering new tactics in what can be challenging IT environments.
Server Hosted VDI has Under-delivered: Virtual Computer
Added 6th Jan 2012Organizations have realized that VDI may not be the answer to all of their requirements. There is a demand in the market for Intelligent Desktop Virtualization over server hosted VDI solutions.
6 Secrets of Successful CIOs
Added 25th Nov 2011In celebration of our sixth anniversary, here are six stories, six columns and six collections of ideas that will help you take the CIO role—and yourself—further.
iPad in Healthcare: Not So Fast
Added 14th Nov 2011A handful of clinicians at Seattle Children's Hospital gave iPads a test run, using them to tap into the corporate network and run critical apps in a virtual desktop environment. The results weren't good: iPads came back with a poor bill of health.
