The virtualisation giant's VMsafe API will allow third party security vendors to apply security policies within the hypervisor itself.

To combat Cisco's recently announced virtualisation platform, HP has revealed it's own blade server based system

Vendors are beginning to offer virtual security appliances and software packages.

Cisco's new platform is claimed to ease typical virtualisation pressure points. But analysts and users alike wonder if the company can challenge existing vendors' offerings.

Analyst Mark Bowker explains what a private cloud is, and what makes it different from the garden variety virtual server.

We walk you through the ten most promising tools for managing virtual environments.

Glasshouse Technologies' Andrew McCreath explains how server virtualisation changes how you must approach backup and storage design.

There are some myths surrounding storage virtualisation that are thrown around quite often. Simon Elisha from Hitachi sets the record straight.

Writer Shamus McGillicuddy explains just what all the fuss surrounding Cisco's new platform is about,

According to the director of a large UK supermarket chain, XenServer was almost half the cost to deploy compared to the equivalent VMware system.

If you want continuous availability in virtual environments, you'll likely have to buy almost all of your chosen vendor's product range.

Writer Michael Cobb explains how the Payment Card Industry's upcoming changes to its DSS will affect virtualisation.

Despite its promises, NAS by itself proves to be a hassle to manage. Overcome these problems by virtualising your NAS devices.

A desktop virtualisation deployment will require some changes in the data centre. This article explains.

According to analyst firm Burton Group, Oracle's prices and support policies aren't suitable for users of virtualisation,