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Shared-nothing live migration: What it means to virtualisation admins
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and VMware’s upcoming vSphere 5.1 will both include shared-nothing live migration functionality. But how does it help an IT admin?Tip
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Virtualisation, backup and recovery tool helps firm beat data woes
Virtualising IT was only half a battle won for an advertising agency. Selecting an apt data backup and recovery tool to optimise its virtual infrastructure was equally important.News | 15 Aug 2012
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Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards: Nomination form
Enter your products in the Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Users Awards with this nomination form. The deadline is Friday, September 14, 2012.Feature
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Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards criteria and information
The Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards will take place at VMworld Europe 2012 in Barcelona. Here’s info on the deadlines, categories and rules. To enter, use the nomination form.News | 02 Aug 2012
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Fancy a multi-hypervisor data centre? Beware of five major problems
Some admins have been touting the idea of a multi-hypervisor data centre infrastructure to save costs. But multiple hypervisors can wreak havoc for IT.Tip
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: What features get users' thumbs up
Admins who have downloaded Windows Server 2012 RC give thumbs up to the new version of Hyper-V, inclusion of high-end features in free Hyper-V, and shared nothing live migration.News | 02 Jul 2012
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Tighter security settings on tap for VMware View and PowerCLI
With stringent security settings in place for VMware PowerCLI and View 5.1, admins should reconsider if they should continue using self-signed security certificates in VMware products.Tip
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VMware admins advised to apply patches to ESX, ESXi quickly
IT pros are urged to install security patches that VMware has released to address critical vulnerabilities in virtualisation products such as ESX, ESXi, Fusion and Workstation.News | 20 Jun 2012
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IT in Europe E-zine
Whether you’re looking for a cloud computing strategy or even tips on virtualisation, security or data management, our IT in Europe e-zine addresses IT's everyday challenges.Feature
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Overcoming VMware vShield Endpoint kinks and challenges
VShield Endpoint improves VDI performance by offloading anti-virus processing from guest VMs, but can be tricky to install and manage.Tip
- VIEW MORE ON : Server virtualisation platforms
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Five Steps to Incident Management in a Virtualized Environment
Incident management (IM) is a necessary part of a security program. When effective, it mitigates business impact, identifies weaknesses in controls, and helps fine-tune response processes. Traditional IM approaches, however, are not always effective in a partially or completely virtualized data center. Consequently, some aspects of incident management and response processes require review and adjustment as an increasing number of critical systems move to virtual servers.Reference
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Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE
LSE had all the principles of a good IT strategy -- data centre consolidation and virtualisation. But without the correct virtualisation management tool, the project was doomed.News | 14 Sep 2012
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Why data centre management tools must evolve in the cloud era
Traditional data centre management tools just aren't cutting it in the age of data centre virtualisation and cloud computing.Tip
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Shared-nothing live migration: What it means to virtualisation admins
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and VMware’s upcoming vSphere 5.1 will both include shared-nothing live migration functionality. But how does it help an IT admin?Tip
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Virtualisation, backup and recovery tool helps firm beat data woes
Virtualising IT was only half a battle won for an advertising agency. Selecting an apt data backup and recovery tool to optimise its virtual infrastructure was equally important.News | 15 Aug 2012
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Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards: Nomination form
Enter your products in the Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Users Awards with this nomination form. The deadline is Friday, September 14, 2012.Feature
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Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards criteria and information
The Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards will take place at VMworld Europe 2012 in Barcelona. Here’s info on the deadlines, categories and rules. To enter, use the nomination form.News | 02 Aug 2012
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Fancy a multi-hypervisor data centre? Beware of five major problems
Some admins have been touting the idea of a multi-hypervisor data centre infrastructure to save costs. But multiple hypervisors can wreak havoc for IT.Tip
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Citrix revises XenApp EOL, IT advised to upgrade quickly
Citrix has revised XenApp’s EOL status and extended support, but users must upgrade soon to avoid exorbitant extended support costs.News | 25 Jul 2012
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Cutting through the promises and problems of private cloud services
Private cloud services bring scalability and lower costs, and they allow resource sharing. But without due diligence in areas of licensing and interoperability, IT can’t use cloud effectively.Tip
- VIEW MORE ON : Desktop virtualisation platforms