Editors' Picks
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Is VMware Capacity Planner free?
Many consultants offer VMware Capacity Planner free to interested virtualization admins, but if you dread their sales pitch, consider vBenchmark.01 Apr 2013
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VMware market share is high in a small pool of virtualization
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how VMware is the market leader, and why virtualization growth statistics seem more impactful than they truly are.01 Apr 2013
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VAAI storage: Vendors aim to fix hypervisor's problems
Storage expert Jon Toigo discusses how storage vendors are evolving to work better with virtualization, specifically with support for VAAI.01 Apr 2013
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Sampling four VDI monitoring tools
There are a lot of options for VDI monitoring tools out there. Learn about a few products that can help you keep virtual desktops in check.01 Apr 2013
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The VMware vCAT helps plan and deploy a vCloud architecture
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it also spawned the vCAT, VMware's set of documents for helping VMware admins tackle cloud infrastructures.01 Apr 2013
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Learn ThinApp best practices for app virtualization
VMware admins can easily virtualize most applications with ThinApp. For fast, clean and trouble-free applications, follow some ThinApp best practices.28 Mar 2013
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Migrating from a standard switch to VMware vDS with no downtime
Replacing standard switches with VMware vDS will broaden your virtual network's capabilities. Learn how to migrate switches without powering down VMs.27 Mar 2013
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VMware load balancing gets tricky with large VMs
VMware increased the maximum VM size in vSphere 5.1. With large VMs comes a greater responsibility for VMware load balancing and availability.26 Mar 2013
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VMware View best practices for every stage of VDI implementation
Whether your VDI implementation is in pilot or deployed enterprise-wide, these VMware View best practices will improve user and admin experiences.25 Mar 2013
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Keeping up with virtualization and mobile technology security
As virtualization extends its reach, IT needs to focus its efforts on maintaining a resilient data center and mobile technology security.20 Mar 2013
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How to avoid costly problems during a VMware vSphere upgrade
Keep your vSphere upgrade on time, on budget and on target with these lessons learned from virtualization expert Mak King's recent upgrade.19 Mar 2013
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Making a fair VMware vs. AWS cloud computing cost comparison
AWS sets the market's cloud computing cost expectations, but VMware may beat the public cloud provider with enterprise-IT-specific hosting options.19 Mar 2013
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VMware hosting must embrace cloud stack heterogeneity
VMware pushed their VMware-only stack for years, but VMware cloud computing now bumps up against viable orchestration competitors and public cloud providers.19 Mar 2013
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What DevOps wants from a VMware cloud infrastructure
Application agility is the name of the game for DevOps pros and they see AWS beating VMware-hosted cloud infrastructures. But VMware users may revolt.19 Mar 2013
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How vCloud Integration Manager boosts VMware in the public cloud
VMware developed vCloud Integration Manager to unite public cloud service providers, middlemen and cloud customers with the vCloud infrastructure.18 Mar 2013
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Private cloud to public cloud migration gets easier, but obstacles remain
Cloud migration tools are on the market that can address private cloud to public cloud migration issues, but users often choose to go it alone.15 Mar 2013
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EMC sees software-defined storage as storage virtualization done right
EMC execs call storage virtualization the missing link to the software-defined data center, and plan to change that with software-defined storage.14 Mar 2013
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Brushing up on new virtualization training and certificates
As IT adapts to new technologies, more admins have opted for virtualization training and certificates. Quiz yourself on the latest exams.14 Mar 2013
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VMware to compete against AWS with vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service
VMware's upcoming vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service will go up against Amazon Web Services for the hearts and minds of enterprise IaaS customers.13 Mar 2013
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Providing storage for VDI: Shared or SAN?
When you're selecting storage for VDI, consider whether fault tolerance is important and how many advanced features you need.13 Mar 2013