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Featured Whitepapers
Featured Reports
Mainframes In The Age Of The Cloud
March 21, 2013
Big iron is under relentless pressure to prove its value in an x86 world. We look at five ways to bring it into the distributed data center.
Automation Is Good For The Business And IT's Career Prospects
February 20, 2013
Rather than dismissing the idea of automating processes like failover, embrace it. The alternative is more interest in IaaS.
How To Beat 3 Disaster Recovery Roadblocks
February 20, 2013
Don't let data, WAN and integration challenges knock automated failover off course.
Research: 2013 Virtualization Management Survey
December 14, 2012
The next steps in going virtual up and down the stack, from network to desktop: Automation and finally taking hypervisor security seriously. The two go together, because if you're going to trust production systems to run without human intervention -- a must for delivering IT services on demand -- you'd better be darn sure attackers can't gain control.
Fundamentals: Application Early-Warning System
November 15, 2012
Most IT teams have synthetic monitoring of their websites down. Now it's time to extend that vigilance to client-server applications.
A Shaky Virtual Stack 
November 07, 2012
Our InformationWeek 2013 Virtualization Management Survey shows automated service delivery is the future -- unless you want to find yourself managing cloud providers.
Automation Demands Tighter VM Security
November 07, 2012
Plan to let hypervisors spin up new virtual machines on their own? Then you'd better lock them down.
Application Monitoring Beyond The Web
October 22, 2012
Most IT teams have synthetic monitoring of their sites down. Now it's time to extend that vigilance to client-server applications.
Fundamentals: Mobile Apps From Concept to Code
October 18, 2012
When you build an app for Android, BlackBerry, iOS or Windows, it reflects your company. Yet few IT shops have the in-house skills to make this a smooth process. There are five main strategies to get custom apps from the drawing board into the hands of customers and employees; we'll discuss what development skill sets to look for, questions to ask and pitfalls to avoid, and how to compare costs.
Informed CIO: Private Cloud Automation
September 19, 2012
Next up for private cloud initiatives: automation. Is your organization ready to take that plunge? We'll explore the fundamentals of preparing, deploying, testing--and eventually letting automation systems run without human intervention in production environments. We'll also examine integration and performance-optimization issues involved with promising new automation technologies.
Research: Anywhere, Anytime App Delivery
September 18, 2012
IT must efficiently and securely deliver all the applications employees need, no matter where they are or what devices they’re equipped with. Nearly 500 IT pros weighed in on how they get this done. For 66%, the browser is the preferred architecture, but the biggest surprise was the popularity of application virtualization, which is in widespread use by 35% of respondents.
Windows 8's Unpleasant Split Personality
September 04, 2012
The OS suffers from a platform schism that can't be fixed with Win RT or virtualization.
Oracle's I/Optical Illusion
August 17, 2012
Xsigo buy isn't about VMware and Nicira or challenging the hypervisor market leaders.
Why Hasn't Hyper-V Achieved World Domination Yet?
July 30, 2012
Microsoft is falling down on its patented copy/embed/propaganda formula. Where's Bill Gates when you need him?
Virtualization Technology Improves Backup, Recovery
July 30, 2012
New VMware APIs are making snapshots and backups faster and easier for IT.
Virtualization And The Apple Effect
July 23, 2012
Banking on black hats not targeting hypervisors was always a questionable idea. Now, it's downright dangerous.
When Standards And Innovation Don't Mix
July 05, 2012
The problem with protocols is that when we need them most, they're least effective. Enter the age of the API.
Private Cloud Automation 
June 22, 2012
It's not easy or inexpensive to implement, but without automation you'll never get self-service or self-healing, or realize maximum ROI. Here's how to get started.
Strategy: Predictive Analytics for IT
March 07, 2012
While a technology that warns of problems before they arise may sound too good to be true, predictive systems have been in use for years by financial, retail, healthcare and other sectors. Now it's IT's turn.
Predictive Analytics For IT
March 05, 2012
Building a private cloud? Better get an early-warning system first.
Strategy: Delegation Delivers Virtualization Savings
January 24, 2012
IT can't--and shouldn't--maintain absolute control over highly virtualized infrastructures. Instituting a smart role-based control strategy to decentralize management can empower business units to prioritize their own data assets while freeing IT to focus on the next big project.
Turn VM Chaos To VM Control 
November 14, 2011
Our 5 steps can help you tame your server virtualization environment.
Private Clouds: Tough To Build With Today's Tech 
October 31, 2011
Missing standards, scant automation, and weak management tools make this next step beyond server virtualization a challenge.
Get VM Backups Right 
October 10, 2011
Protect disk files and data to keep virtual machines humming.
Predictive Analysis: Not Just For Stockbrokers
October 04, 2011
Virtualization-aware tools from Netuitive and, soon, IBM SPSS will help IT head off problems before they start.