Embotics adds granular policy control to virtual management
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Microsoft releases Hyper-V for download
Microsoft expected to release Hyper-V Thursday
Veeam connects virtual and physical management tools
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Microsoft highlights virtualization at Tech-Ed, week 2
Free tool secures VMware servers
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In one test, the virtual machine was able to saturate the hardware enough to achieve 97% of the storage performance of a physical server.
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Diane Greene talks about how VMware has prepared for the upcoming battle with Microsoft, how the new VMsafe program will yield products over the next two years and the importance of being independent from even its corporate parent's influence.
Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V does the trick
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Opinion: Virtualization security assessment guides inadequate
Virtual security assessment tools are absent or inadequate, Edward Haletky says; he gives you some tips about how to do the job anyway.
Hands on: Desktop virtualization pioneer runs into bugs
Among the problems: In VMware's Fusion, peripheral devices attached to USB and FireWire ports must be switched manually and custom-configured from virtual machine to virtual machine. Timing is everything, this implementer says.
IT departments waste energy, U.K. survey finds
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Opinion: So Symantec finally woke up to server virtualization
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Virtual infrastructure: Threats lurk near open doors
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Explainer: VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
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With its latest version, Mozilla's browser continues to raise the bar for what Web browsers should be.
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