How to wrangle your virtual machines

	Jean-Marc Seguin: How to architect your virtual infrastructure for private cloud success | Disaster recovery on double duty
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	How to wrangle your virtual machines While vendors continue to work toward a single console, or "single pane of glass" tools, customers must choose from products that manage only parts of their environments or focus on specific problems such as the sprawl of unused virtual machines, security or backup. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com 100% Application Availability in the Cloud Optimize your infrastructure for mission-critical applications while minimizing costs. Powered by Microsoft SQL Server and Hosting.com. Availability--Performance--Scalability--Security. Guaranteed. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! In this Issue Jean-Marc Seguin: How to architect your virtual infrastructure for private cloud success Disaster recovery on double duty Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Does VMware have a real future? Dell expands virtual desktops into the cloud Dell to buy thin-client company Wyse Technology Cisco offers virtualized video surveillance WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Unlocking Hidden Business Value with Data An intelligent system enables data to flow across an enterprise infrastructure, spanning the devices where valuable data is gathered from employees and customers, to the back-end systems where that data can be translated into insights and action. Learn More Jean-Marc Seguin: How to architect your virtual infrastructure for private cloud success In our last installment on the benefits of private cloud computing, we discussed the importance of determining where you are today on your road to private cloud and how you got there. Once your IT team has determined this, you can begin examining areas specific to your virtual infrastructure to ensure that you architect it for success. Read More Disaster recovery on double duty More and more IT shops are using technologies such as virtualization and replication to make disaster recovery just another service, sometimes using the same servers, network and storage that run order entry, email, application development or other services. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Does VMware have a real future? Price is a big weakness when every player in the virtualization market is offering a good-enough free option. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Enterprise Virtual Machine Infrastructure on the IBM Cloud Everyone needs a cost-effective, agile IT infrastructure, but reinventing your business approach can feel risky. Read this data sheet to learn how you can reduce the lead time and economic risk associated with launching new business applications. Read Now Dell expands virtual desktops into the cloud Dell said it is expanding its virtual desktop offerings into the cloud through a partnership with another company. Read More Dell to buy thin-client company Wyse Technology Dell has signed an agreement to acquire thin-client hardware and software company Wyse Technology, to expand its desktop virtualization offerings, Dell said. Read More Cisco offers virtualized video surveillance Cisco announced a virtualized version of its Video Surveillance software for use on its Unified Computing System platform for enterprise- or government-operated video-camera deployments. Read More
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