Six factors to weigh up for virtualisation projects
Analysis Diving into virtualisation without preparing properly is risky, so here is a checklist to help projects go smoothly [16 Nov 2009]
AT&T's cloud platform set for Europe in 2010
News Synaptic Compute as a Service launches in the US later this year and will come to Europe by the second quarter of 2010 [16 Nov 2009]
VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts
News The company's View 4 aims to capitalise on growing interest in desktop virtualisation driven by tight budgets [09 Nov 2009]
Tech events that are shaping Microsoft's future
Q&A Microsoft's Bob Kelly talks about a remarkable quarter: one that has certainly been eventful, though not always for the right reasons [09 Nov 2009]
V-Blocks - do they mean you're V-Locked in?
Blog V-Blocks: it's a new form of packaging for servers, switches and storage for your datacentre, and it looks like the future. EMC and Cisco have announced that they'll be selling aggregated... [06 Nov 2009]
Red Hat boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio
News The Linux firm has launched its server virtualisation hypervisor and management platform, extending its KVM-based product range [04 Nov 2009]
HP converges on the datacentre
News The company has pulled together new and existing products to provide an architecture that aims to streamline sprawling IT infrastructures [04 Nov 2009]
EMC, Cisco and VMware take aim at 'private cloud'
News The partnership plans to offer a range of datacentre infrastructure packages called Vblock, to eventually be built by a new joint venture [04 Nov 2009]
Cisco, EMC to unveil cloud joint venture
News A new line of products called vBlock will combine storage, servers, networking and virtualisation for an integrated set of datacentre gear, according to reports [02 Nov 2009]
VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
News The update to Sun's virtualisation testing tool takes care of compatibility problems with the Microsoft and Apple OSes, among other performance improvements [02 Nov 2009]
What Microsoft understands about virtualisation (and a probl...
Blog When VMware’s main competition was a little company called Connectix (100 people to VMware’s 200), the two virtualisation teams were best enemies; staring each other down, going head to head and... [29 Oct 2009]
VMware vSphere 4
Review The latest release of VMware's enterprise-level hypervisor and management suite raises the bar with the addition of built-in backup, thin provisioning and fault tolerance options. The combination of functionality and a proven track record makes vSphere 4 an excellent choice for high-end server virtualisation projects. [27 Oct 2009]
What does storage virtualisation really mean?
Blog Virtualisation has moved from being a shiny new technology concept to a sticky business that involves getting your hands dirty with some real technology and business problems. But while server... [27 Oct 2009]
VMware third-quarter results top estimates
News The company's revenue for the quarter is up four percent on the same period last year [22 Oct 2009]
Are firms making the most of virtualisation? 
Video Virtualisation has many advantages, but its use seems to be inconsistent. ZDNet UK speaks to four experts to learn their views on the subject [21 Oct 2009]
Virtual Box Snake
Blog I booted up my trusty VirtualBox virtual machine today, to write out an invoice in some crusty rusty old PC accounting software (proprietary, dropped by developer, no longer supported, but... [09 Oct 2009]
MS and Novell: Relationship 'exceeding expectations'
Blog Microsoft and Novell are close to completing the sales targets that formed part of their alliance, three years into the five-year deal, representatives from the companies said on Thursday. ... [08 Oct 2009]
Microsoft, Red Hat kick off mixed virtualisation
News The two companies have announced that their virtualisation products now support each other's operating systems, a move that could help both compete with VMware [08 Oct 2009]
Red Hat and Microsoft support mixed virtualisation
Blog It is now possible to deploy supported virtualisation environments that combine Red Hat Linux with Microsoft Windows Server, the two companies have announced. Late on Wednesday, Red Hat and... [07 Oct 2009]
Virtualisation - a progress snapshot
Blog Why is virtualisation take-up so slow? There's an interesting blog post here from Ron Oglesby, who works at Dell's infrastructure consulting services arm, which starts with the assumption that... [21 Sep 2009]
VMPs - Virtual Machine Practices
Blog Most of the following relates to using XP Pro as host. As soon as you feel comfortable using Ubuntu or some other Linux as host do it since you will see a performance increase in the VM. On... [19 Sep 2009]
A real guide to virtualisation: Special report
Roundup Find out the latest information on virtualisation and how it is fitting into the realities of today's IT [18 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation: Why the contract is king
Comment Lawyer Mark O'Conor offers advice on how to avoid potential pitfalls when structuring a virtualisation agreement [18 Sep 2009]
App virtualisation meets the mobile device
Video VMware chief technology officer Stephen Herrod shows a Visa mobile application on a Microsoft Windows CE device that is also running virtually on Google's Android OS [10 Sep 2009]
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Blog With the release of its updated standalone Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 product, Microsoft claims to [finally] have a hypervisor to match that of market leader VMware. Moreover, by bundling newly added... [07 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation gets ready for the mainstream
Analysis VMware is pushing its software for use on PCs and mobile phones. There is plenty of room for expansion, but watch out for that cloud [07 Sep 2009]
VMware, HP share virtual desktop plans
Video VMware chief executive Paul Maritz talks to HP's director of software virtualisation about how the company's VMware View product fits into HP's virtualisation plans [07 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation means more time at the console
Blog I've been using a lot of virtual machines recently for various projects. My current favourite virtualisation system software is Sun's VirtualBox. It's flexible, it's easy to use, it's fast, and... [03 Sep 2009]
Bare-Metal VM Farms Part2
Blog Talked to a rep today at Virtual Computing. There are some "soft gotchas" with the bare metal VM concept. ( A soft gotcha is one that if you gave it a second thought or two, you would've known... [03 Sep 2009]
HP and VMware team up on server management
News The companies have jointly released a vCenter-based console that promises to simplify the management of virtual server systems and their physical counterparts [02 Sep 2009]
