Sourcefire has plans for virtual security
06 July, 2009 by Ron Condon
The company behind the intrusion prevention tool, Snort, will soon launch a virtualisation security product.
Making virtualisation play nice with application delivery
02 July, 2009 by Jim Metzler
While virtualisation eases many common IT pains, it makes delivering applications over the network much harder. We explain how to cope.
Using VMMCA to configure Hyper-V hosts
01 July, 2009 by Greg Shields
Learn how to use VMMCA - Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer - to configure your host servers for use with Hyper-V R2.
Automate Hyper-V with VBScript or Powershell
26 June, 2009 by Rick Vanover
Hyper-V can be managed via its included scripting capabilities. This tip explains how to automate and configure your virtual environments using Powershell or VBScript.
How to back up VMs with the VMware vStorage API for Data Protection
24 June, 2009 by Lauren Whitehouse
VMware's vStorage API for Data Protection can help you back up your precious virtual machines. This guide explains how.
Improving network efficiency with server virtualisation
24 June, 2009 by Lindi Horton
Learn how server virtualisation can help you design networks to better support applications.
Planning a virtualisation deployment
19 June, 2009 by Eric Seibert
Virtualisation can be a daunting technology to implement. This guide explains how to build and configure a virtualised environment, and the things you need to watch out for.
Virtualise your security tools for greater flexibility
19 June, 2009 by Eric Ogren
A new approach of treating network security as a software application has produced better flexibility in deployment.
IBM virtual server recovery
18 June, 2009
IBM has launched its Virtual Server Recovery (VSR) and Information Protection Service (IPS) offering which has been researched and developed in Australia for local businesses.
Small blades fail virtualisation project
18 June, 2009 by Angus Kidman
While undertaking a consolidation project, financial services company Veda Advantage found that blade servers could not provide the security levels that policy demanded.
Property developer builds security infrastructure
18 June, 2009
Brookfield Multiplex has standardised on Websense web security software and cloud-based email security services to provide safe and secure internet and email access for its 2000-strong workforce.
New Dell SAN ships virtualisation-ready
17 June, 2009 by Simon Sharwood
Dell's new PS4000 SAN will support apps virtualised under vSphere, Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer.
Mainframes still relevant to data centre
15 June, 2009 by Joe Clabby
The mainframe still has a place in the data centre - particularly when you supplement it with virtualisation technologies.
Four rules for thin provisioning
11 June, 2009 by Alan Radding
This list of best practices explains how to get the most out of thin provisioning.
Cloud monitor and enterprise analytics
11 June, 2009
RightNow has added cloud monitor and enterprise analytics to its on demand CRM system, RightNow May ’09. The Cloud Monitor tracks external conversations about products, services and brands, as they occur on the social web. It tracks both Twitter and YouTube; and support for other social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn is planned for the future. RightNow Enterprise Analytics provides deep analysis on the internal data collected through direct customer interactions.
