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Measuring the Business Value of Server Virtualization: Understanding the Impact of Guest Management
The benefits of moving to a virtualized server infrastructure are substantial, immediate, and enduring. There is an achievable short-term payback for the initial move to virtualized server infrastructure, and there is a compelling business case for subsequent investment in management tools to realize the full benefits of virtualization. Cost advantages...
Tags: Management Tool, International Data Corp., Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Benefits, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources
White papers 2008-06-01
Managing a Virtual Environment
View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover the major virtualization technologies and learn how to deploy and manage a virtual server environment in this introductory course. This Global Knowledge exclusive course covers key vendor technologies including Microsoft and VMware.What You'll Learn: Key virtualization concepts and terms ...
Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Environment, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage
Training 2008-01-01
Microsoft to release Hyper-V beta ahead of schedule
Microsoft has unveiled the beta release of its hypervisor virtualization-based product called Hyper-V. An excerpt from CIO Today: "Delivering the high-quality Hyper-V beta earlier than expected allows our customers and partners to begin evaluating this feature of Windows Server 2008 and provide us with valuable feedback...
Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Beta, Server Virtualization, Hyper-V, Virtualization, Storage Management, Microsoft Windows, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-17
A virtualization-friendly inclusion in Windows Server 2008 licensing
With a wave of the wand, Microsoft made impressive licensing changes to Windows Server 2003 that made running virtual server instances more cost-friendly. Under the Enterprise edition of Windows Server 2003, organizations can run up to four virtual servers without incurring any additional licensing fees beyond the physical host license....
Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Virtual Server, Server, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Scott Lowe
Blog posts 2007-12-13
SWsoft to change its name to Parallels
SWsoft, the software giant popular with Web hosting firms, has renamed itself Parallels after its new product line that lets Windows run on Intel-based Macs. The reason for this re-positioning is to deliver a "simple and unified vision," according to Chief Executive Serguei Beloussov. "We need...
Tags: Paul Mah, Parallels Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Ensim, Virtuozzo, Business Structures, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Hardware, Management, Servers
Blog posts 2007-12-11
Citrix paves the way for a bright future
It is official; Xenserver has been acquired by Citrix. Citrix has been doing application virtualization for a long time now and just when you thought they couldn't possibly do anything more, they pulled the acquisition of Xensource out of their hat.  Now they are the only company...
Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Server Virtualization, Hardware, Storage, Servers, Steven Warren
Blog posts 2007-10-30
Acronis does virtual server backups
Data protection specialist Acronis has jumped on the virtualization bandwagon with a new product targeted at handling data backups of both physical and virtual servers. For the uninitiated, The Register has this to say: Acronis has more than three million customers - most of them running...
Tags: Virtual Server, Acronis, XenSource Inc., True Image Echo, Backups, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Hardware, Servers, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-09-18
What you need to know about Cisco's Data Center 3.0
Cisco has just unveiled its Data Center 3.0. Most of you have probably never heard of Cisco's Data Center versions 1.0 and 2.0. Even though I went to the Cisco Networkers conference last year, I'd never heard of these initiatives either.But maybe 3.0 is the magic version number. Windows didn't...
Tags: virtualization, server virtualization, data center
Blog posts 2007-07-26
Server Virtualisation - is hardware consolidation and DR reason enough?
Hi All,Our organisation is ready to push through with some upgrades.We're running 2x IBM servers (235/335) on Windows 2000 with one being our exchange server, the other our SQL server. We have a few other applications running (accounts/CRM etc)The organisation has tripled in size (was 25, now 75), however we've...
Tags: Servers, Chrisfc, server, disaster recovery, hardware
Discussion threads 2007-06-12
Virtualization is on the Rise
With the increasing need for IT departments to consolidate servers and reduce costs, virtualization is on the rise. While Virtualization has been around since IBM mainframes ruled the world but it was not until VMware pioneered virtualization on Intel chipsets that this technology really began to gain momentum. In the...
Tags: Uncategorized, server virtualization
Blog posts 2007-04-11
Server Virtualisation, consolidation P2V
Im trying for P2V conversion using Microsoft virtual server 2005 and VSMT.I use GatherHW.exe to gather info about source machine. I need it to take only C: i.e system drive information and leave out other logical drives like F: E:. But I am unable to acheive this. Can anybody please...
Tags: karyjones@..., P2V, gatherhw.exe, windows, security, software, hardware, networking, virtualization, consolidation, vsmt, server
Discussion threads 2007-02-24
Server Virtualisation P2V
Im trying for P2V conversion using Microsoft virtual server 2005 and VSMT.I use GatherHW.exe to gather info about source machine. I need it to take only C: i.e system drive information and leave out other logical drives like F: E:. But I am unable to acheive this. Can anybody please...
Tags: karyjones@..., windows, hardware, networking, server, P2V
Discussion threads 2007-02-24
Microsoft Virtual Server Migration Toolkit screenshots
Server virtualization allows organizations to maximizing their hardware resources by running multiple virtual machines on a single physical machine. This screenshot gallery shows the toolkit in action. Check out Joshua Hoskins' The Right Tool for the Job? blog post, to learn how his IT department migrated its physical server to...
Tags: blog, hardware, job, Joshua Hoskins, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server Migration Toolkit, server, server virtualization, toolkit, virtual machine, virtual server
Image galleries 2006-07-31
Which server virtualisation method should you choose?
Virtualisation ("virtualization" across the pond)is seeing a huge increase in uptake recently with the subject of hardware andapplication consolidation becoming a very hot topic within the industry press.The questions this raises are: Why would one want to consolidate multipleservers/applications on to one hardware platform? What are the potentialdangers? What are...
Tags: guest operating system, hardware, kernel, operating system, OS-Virtualisation, server, virtual hardware, virtualisation
Blog posts 2006-07-31
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Screenshots
As a free download, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 provides can provide cost-effective server virtualization. This gallery's 20 images show you how to download and configure Virtual Server 2005 R2.In this The Right Tool for the Job? post, Joshua Hoskins explains how his company uses Microsoft Virtual Server R2 to...
Tags: free download, image, job, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, server virtualization
Image galleries 2006-06-27
Run Exchange on a virtual server... but don't go in blind!
If you're considering "virtualizing" some of your various Windows servers to cut down on costs, reduce heat emissions, use less power, and so forth, you might include your Exchange servers in your strategy. As server virtualization gains traction and becomes more common, more and more organizations are reaping...
Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Servers, Scott Lowe MCSE, E-mail servers, Server virtualization, virtual server, server, E-mail Administration Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Corp., Hardware
Technical articles 2006-06-16
Introduction to server virtualization
Licensing still a killer.Though VMWare and Microsoft now offer free virtualization software, Enterprise Edition of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 runs $3,700.00. The standard Edition runs about 1/4 of that, ofcourse you need to spend a few extra dollars on Client Access Licenses. However, if you should happen to...
Tags: Enterprise Edition, Introduction, virtualization, server, mbaumli, hardware, Microsoft Corp., Virtuozzo, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2003, operating system, server virtualization
Discussion threads 2006-05-23
Introduction to server virtualization
What is virtualization and why use it When to use virtualization How to avoid the "all eggs your in one basket" syndrome Physical to virtual server migration Patch management for virtualized servers Licensing and support considerationsWhat is virtualization and why use itVirtualization is a method of running multiple independent virtual operating systems on a single...
Tags: CPU, George Ou, hardware, server, server virtualization, virtualization
Technical articles 2006-05-22
Copy a mail admin on NDRs
This article shows how to enable the sending of NDRs to an administrator. Do you work in an environment where a user consistently mistypes e-mail addresses for recipients and then calls IT wanting to know why his customer quote was never actually received by a customer? Of...
Tags: NDR, E-mail, Scott Lowe MCSE, E-mail Administration Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Administrator, Non-delivery Report, Server, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Online Communications, Servers, Hardware
Technical articles 2006-01-06
Use Microsoft's BadMailAdmin to keep problem mail under control
Normally, as messages flow through your Exchange system, they go in, get processed and then move out, never to be seen again. However, for each virtual server in Exchange, if messages have problems, those messages are moved into a BadMail directory for that particular virtual server. BadMailAdmin can be scheduled...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., BadMailAdmin, Scott Lowe MCSE, Server virtualization, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, E-mail servers, server, E-mail Administration Tips Newsletter, Message, TechRepublic Inc., Virtual Server, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-08-19


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