Microsoft hopes to lure users away from VMware with new migration tool

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	Microsoft hopes to lure users away from VMware with new migration tool Microsoft's free Virtual Machine Converter tool is now available for download. The tool is used to convert virtual machines that today run on VMware products into a format compatible with Microsoft's own virtualization environment, Hyper-V, the company said in a blog post. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Top 10 Reasons to Consider Hosted Collaboration Solutions See why ROI potential has made unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) a top IT priority. Learn how cloud-based UC&C can boost productivity, overcome skill-set gaps, and lower TCO up to 40% with real-time, global deployment. Read Now In this Issue INSIDER Review: Silver Peak packs superior WAN optimization into a virtual machine Common management console is first step in Citrix cloud plan INSIDER Review: Next-gen HP ProLiant pumps up the jam SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Virtualization and Business Continuity Learn more about Virtualization and Business Continuity using HP´s Converged Storage to develop/enhance business resiliency in VMware Environments. Read Now! INSIDER Review: Silver Peak packs superior WAN optimization into a virtual machine Silver Peak VX virtual appliance matches physical WAN appliances in both features and performance. Read More Common management console is first step in Citrix cloud plan Citrix Systems has started to detail the future of Windows desktops and applications in its virtual environments with tech previews of Excalibur and Merlin, the first versions of its Project Avalon. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Staying Ahead of Data Protection Challenges Does your organization still yearn for an infrastructure that can handle unpredictable data growth and enable you to enhance service levels, while ensuring data protection? Learn how to completely transform your data protection processes so that your organization can accelerate transformations and make existing operations more efficient. Learn more. INSIDER Review: Next-gen HP ProLiant pumps up the jam HP's DL380p Gen8 dances through virtualization workloads and server administration with compelling mix of speed and ease. Read More SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds If the recent OpenStack Summit is any indication, virtual networking is a hot IT topic. Read More
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