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News (39)

• Microsoft plays catch-up on virtualisation

  After some delay, Microsoft launched the updated version of its virtualisation platform on Monday, with some important updates.

• Virtualisation used by 75 percent of businesses

  Virtualisation is proving popular in the enterprise, with three-quarters of businesses having already deployed or planning to deploy server virtualisation technologies over the next 12 months, according to a recent survey.

• Microsoft hastens virtualisation support

  Microsoft, faced with virtualisation competition and customer demands, is working to bring some technologies to market sooner than it earlier had said.

• Microsoft gives Linux a virtual hug

  After years of hoping to crush Linux, Microsoft is trying to show it can get along with its open-source rival.

• Microsoft virtualisation plan takes shape

  Microsoft has given more details on its plans to launch Windows-based "hypervisor" software for running multiple operating systems.

Blogs (1)

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  Virtual servers? Untangle your cables first

  Datacentres are by their nature somewhat sterile and antiseptic places, but many of them hide a dirty little secret: cables so tangled they make the plots of Days Of Our Lives look logical by comparison.

Features and Case Studies (25)

• Utility computing: What killed HP's UDC?

  One day HP says enterprises could achieve incredible cost savings -- and the next day it's a footnote in history.

• Blades of gold -- a virtual migration

  Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines is in the process of moving its IT infrastructure from a fleet of traditional servers to virtual servers running on blade hardware.

• Microsoft's Hyper-V: why all the fuss?

  Microsoft's Hyper-V is the missing piece from the launch of Windows Server 2008. We examine its background, and predict how the hypervisor market is likely to develop.

• Managing data at Melbourne IT

  Managing data can be difficult, especially if you have almost 500 terabytes of storage and spend $10,000 a month on backup tapes. This case study looks at how Melbourne IT, one of Australia's biggest web hosting companies, handles storage

• Introduction to server virtualisation

  Virtualisation is a method of running multiple independent virtual operating systems on one computer. Here is how to migrate a physical server to a virtual version.

Reviews (6)

• Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

  SCVMM 2008 R2 is a very competent product, neatly bringing Microsoft's virtualisation management offering in line with the competition at the same time as offering management of disparate platforms in the one product. The integration with the rest of the Systems Center suite makes the overall management and monitoring experience better than its rivals.

• Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8

  Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 provides flexibility when creating desktop and laptop backups. If you have high value data stored on your computer, then we think $106.53 is a reasonable price to ensure it's protected.

• XenSource XenServer 3.2

  XenServer still has a fair way to go in order to catch up to the current functionality already offered in VMWare and Microsoft's virtualisation solutions -- but it's quickly improving and is a lot more affordable.

• Testing begins on Microsoft's virtual server

  Microsoft this week started beta testing its Virtual Server, a program that enables a single server to run multiple operating systems.

• IBM System x3455

  This is a good choice for compute-intensive applications, but the System x3455's restricted storage and availability options limit its use when it comes to general hosting duties.

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