virtualization

Virtualization has not stripped Windows of its relevance, a Microsoft official said in response to VMware CEO Paul Maritz’s argument that operating systems are no longer the center of innovation in the IT world.

Asian businesses are embracing virtualization in a big way says VMware.

The need for improved business cost savings and efficiencies, customer responsiveness and improved service levels, and disaster recovery, are the top three factors driving server virtualization decisions.

Windows and operating systems in general have lost their status as the center of innovation in the IT industry, said VMware CEO Paul Maritz, himself a former Microsoft executive.

How can you continue to provide more and better services with limited budgets, without outgrowing limited data center space, power, and IT resources?

Adoption in cloud computing and virtualization technologies across Asia Pacific drives demand for additional certification.


Private clouds are helping ease companies into the cloud computing maze

Citrix has made amends with VMware and will double its presence at next month's VMworld conference, one year after a controversy involving VMware, Citrix and Microsoft.

Riverbed has products on tap that will enable WAN optimization as a cloud service, speed up the boot time for remote virtual desktops and more.


Virtualization has allowed many companies to reduce the number of their physical servers, but increased demand for compute power, I/O capacity and storage, according to IDC.