Virtualization projects can help organizations improve key business metrics, but with these benefits also come risks that these projects could cause issues with end-user experience, visibility into ...

Server virtualization has obviously helped organizations cut hardware spending, but configuring the technology can be tricky for administrators. Some VMware customers are wasting capacity by not ...

Virtualization systems aren’t quite as compatible with, and transparent to, applications as Gibbs thought they were. Also GrandCentral accounts and disposable telephone numbers. Following my recent ...

Storage virtualization is a tricky business, and it is not without its inherent problems. However, containerized storage is showing great promise in reducing or eliminating many of the problems ...

Aug. 12 was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2." The company issued an ...

Fusion 3.0 and Workstation 7.0 download demand is causing licensing and upgrade problems for VMware's users Desktop virtualization is quickly making a turnaround. While everyone has been talking about ...

As if managing complex environments wasn’t difficult enough, IT executives today must do so with less staff and cash. With this in mind, Symantec polled 300 network administrators to get a better ...

First, Microsoft throws a wrench into Vista upgrades for Mac owners citing concerns about virtualization and security. Then, VMware, virtualization king of the jungle, attacks Microsoft for "trying to ...

Ok, so you finally downloaded the latest build of Microsoft's Windows Vista only to find that you are having problems installing it inside of your VMware Workstation 5.5.2 virtual machine. Evidently, ...

Embotics – This is part two of a three part article that looks at the impact of server virtualization on datacenter management, security and compliance. Part one looked at the differences between ...

But what if virtualization could boost security instead of being a liability? A Defense Department task force has been exploring the answers to that question as it looks for new ways to safeguard ...

The 12th Black Hat conference convened last week at Caesar’s Palace, where 4,500 attendees (a 12.5% increase over last year) heard about the security problems that will plague virtualized environments ...