Citrix edges VMware, Microsoft in VDI face-off
BYOD adds complexity to hosted VDI implementations.read more
View ArticleFirst look: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V shines on
Preview editions of Hyper-V 2012 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 pick up where the strong initial releases left offread more
View ArticleReview: New Parallels, Fusion virtual desktops for OS X fail the smell test
Parallels has interesting ideas that only half work, and Fusion adds almost nothing new beyond better hardware supportread more
View ArticleReview: VMware Workstation 10 turns to tablets
The best desktop virtualization software for techs adds support for Surface Pro sensors and more polishread more
View ArticleReview: Puppet 3.0 pulls more strings
Version 3.0 of Puppet Labs' configuration automation tool shines with speed boosts, orchestration improvements, and deeper support for Windows servers.read more
View ArticleFirst look: Microsoft Remote Desktop apps for iOS and Android
Late to the game, Microsoft releases Remote Desktop apps for rival mobile platforms, but they're bare-bones at best -- and where's the WinPhone version?read more
View ArticleReview: Flash your way to better VMware performance
PernixData FVP clusters server-side flash to improve virtual machine performance and reduce SAN latency.read more
View ArticleParallels 9 and Fusion 6 run neck and neck in virtualization contest
In my head-to-head review of VMware Fusion 5 and Parallels Desktop 8 last year, I said that "the two programs have evolved into near twins of each other." Both were highly capable virtualization...
View ArticleReview: VirtualBox 4.3 goes touchy-feely for Windows 8 virtualization
Historically, VirtualBox has been rock-solid, lightweight virtualization software that was only slightly less capable than its rival, VMware. Starting about a year and a half ago, VirtualBox became a...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge VRTX hits the high notes
Dell's four-blade, 32-drive, 'cluster in a box' packs high performance, high availability, and high-end management in a tidy package.read more
View ArticleMicrosoft takes off the gloves with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
Long list of updates answer criticisms and throw punches at virtualization, cloud foes.read more
View ArticlePuppet vs. Chef vs. Ansible vs. Salt
The leading configuration management and orchestration tools take different paths to server automation.read more
View ArticleVMware vSphere 5.5 bulks up with more muscle, high-availability
VMware's latest salvo in its virtualization war with Microsoft is vSphere 5.5, which features a host of improvements, the most interesting being high availability, support for Big Data/Hadoop and...
View Article10 top tests of 2013
We tested hundreds of products in 2013, but here are our top 10 tests of the year.read more
View ArticleSDN showdown: Examining the differences between VMware's NSX and Cisco's ACI
The arrival of Software Defined Networking (SDN), which is often talked about as a game changing technology, is pitting two industry kingpins and former allies against each other: Cisco and VMware.read...
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