Amy Newman

Managing Servers in the Cloud

Managing server loads is a complex endeavor in any environment, and even more so when virtualization and cloud computing comes into play. There are, of course, myriad...

Virtualization Comes to Storage

It may not be glossy or nearly as exciting as server virtualization, but storage and a strategy to deal with it is vital to any enterprise. Storage,...

It’s the Economy, Stupid

The exhibitors have packed up, the attendees have returned home; VMworld 2008 has come to a close. But is the party really over? VMware laid out some very...

Build a Solid Virtual Foundation

Virtualizing your environment is more than simply taking a bunch of old servers (possibly laying around since the last Boom in the 1990s), and partitioning them. In...

A Case for VDI, Up Close and Personal

True confession: I have a terrible track record when it comes to computers. Laptops, in particular, don't tend to last very long with me. Compounding that is...

Get Ready for VMworld ’08

It's trade show season. This week is Demo and TechCrunch. Next week, "Virtually Anything Is Possible" for VMware. Virtually anything is indeed possible with 14,000 attendees...

NetIQ Survey Reveals Virtual Reality

Ah, surveys. Vendor-sponsored surveys, in particular, are often clouded by an agenda that waves a virtual "Caution Flag" over the results. But it's summer and everyone seems...

Power to the Virtual

Power-savings is a big driver when it comes to getting enterprises to virtualize. But what happens after you go virtual? How do you know your servers...

Virtually Speaking: IBM Goes High on Linux

It's not difficult to be nostalgic for LinuxWorld's of yore. The show was once home to myriad announcements and filled with movers and shakers. For East Coasters...

Virtually Speaking: Bye-Bye Operating System?

My husband works in the finance department of a large U.K.-based bank. Like most finance professionals, his eyes glaze over when back-end tech specs enter the discussion....

Virtually Speaking: All About Green

It's always good to have data to back up a hunch: A recent IDC survey of 650 European companies taken between January and March of this year...

Virtually Speaking: All Eyes on Hyper-V

Get the champagne out of the cooler, rev up the servers, Hyper-V has arrived. If you didn't break out in jubilation from the news, take heart....

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