This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Performance management has ...

Management software makers never get a moment’s rest. As soon as a new technology takes off, they must get to work ramping up their management suites to tackle availability, fault and performance for ...

Management’s importance will increase coincident with the growing competitiveness of non-VMware hypervisors, especially Microsoft’s Hyper-V, industry watchers agree. “In coming years, Microsoft will ...

Software firm Tripwire has launched vWire, a VMware management tool designed to reduce downtime in virtualized environments by allowing administrators to monitor configurations and correlate data. The ...

Forrester Research confirms virtualization is continuing to expand, and the technology introduces new complexities that threaten stability of services. Wasn't this supposed to get easier? Dave ...

In a bid to erase distinctions between on-premises and cloud infrastructure VMware Inc. today introduced extensions to its vSphere virtualization platform and vSAN storage virtualization software that ...

Comprehensive virtual environment management suite makes deploying a private cloud easier for IT managers, but will VMware's per-VM pricing become a barrier? VMware’s latest move to help accelerate ...

*EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series about alternative desktop technologies for improving management and security of Windows and other desktop platforms. One Boston-based ISV is giving ...

The virtualization management space is really starting to heat up. Recently announced new comers Embotics and Fortisphere are now being joined by ManageIQ, a company founded and managed by a team of ...

Managing and measuring costs has taken on a new urgency with the emergence of virtualization and new computing models. With virtualization, customers get a shared infrastructure that shifts the cost ...

Managing virtual machines and the systems that support them is a hidden risk. Without tools to manage virtualization, the benefits can be outweighed by the hassle. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 ...