Virtualization

If you can't get a direct connection to the cloud, estimating user experience before migrating to the cloud is a critical task.

Oracle has rolled out version X3-2 of its Database Appliance for small and medium-sized businesses that it says delivers up to twice the speed and more than four times as much storage as the first edition, which was launched in 2011.

The new QualysGuard connector conducts vulnerability scans of virtual servers in the Amazon Cloud.

If an enterprise data center has a highly virtualized environment, a web portal for business users to request and access virtual machines and a method for tracking how many of those resources are being used... that's not quite a private cloud.

The Cisco CSR 1000V router is designed for enterprise network managers who want to have a little piece of their Cisco infrastructure in the cloud.

Large desktop workstations often have more than enough screen real-estate: One or two 24-inch monitors afford plenty of room for a mission-critical application, plus several chat or email windows alongside. But if you're a laptop user squeaking by with a single 15-inch monitor (or perhaps something even smaller), a virtual desktop might be the next best thing to an extra monitor. Dexpot (25 Euros, which is $33 on 2/21/12; free for personal use) is a great way to get yourself one. Or five.

Anticipating the greater use of personal consumer electronics in the workplace, VMware has bundled three of its IT management products into a single suite designed to help administrators deliver worker data, applications and desktops to myriad end-user devices.

Effective private cloud deployment requires a virtualized environment that facilitates easy management of workloads, efficient creation and migration of virtual machines, and rapid delivery of services.

Inside this report, ESG reports on interviews with SMB IT leaders and offers recommendations on how SMBs can leverage virtualization and cloud to expand their capabilities without a corresponding expansion of expenditure.

Virtualization technology and the recent adoption of cloud computing have changed the world of IT completely. The new virtual data center is much more complex.

Juniper Networks this week unveiled software-defined networking products for service providers, designed to enable them to more quickly scale capacity and provision services.

Dell's VMware-based cloud infrastructure provides all of the flexibility and complexity of the leading enterprise virtualization platform.