The server, code-named Carmine, will provide a single graphical interface into host and guest operating systems and allow users to add, move, drag and drop, patch and manage virtual machines on ...

Worldwide, 54 percent of large enterprises rate management of their virtual server environment as a critical or high IT priority, yet only 45 percent think their companies are doing an effective job ...

Virtualization brings extended opportunities to solution providers, the technology runs “guest” operating systems on a “host” machine and allows easy demos of products or tests ...

Tim Howes, CTO of Opsware, recently sat down with me to discuss the subject of management within the virtualization space. Once you've gone down the road of virtualizing more than a single server, you ...

Managing virtual servers requires IT managers to think outside the box – literally. System administrators trained to check the health and availability of physical servers now must figure out how to ...

IBM has announced an enhanced strategy to help clients maximize benefits of virtualization with integrated service management by focusing on four key priorities: consolidation, management, automation ...

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Server virtualization technology from vendors such as VMware and Xen is causing IT managers to address management challenges related to server provisioning, patch management and disaster recovery.

Microsoft’s Virtual Server 2005 R2 is built along the same lines as VMware but requires Windows Server 2003 as the host OS and, unlike VMware ESX Server, it cannot run in a bare-metal scenario. The ...

Managing virtual machines and the systems that support them is a hidden risk. Without tools to manage virtualization, the benefits can be outweighed by the hassle. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 ...