The impact of a virtualised business market

There are specific benefits associated with virtualisation, cloud computing and Web services in business. Experts in the field of IT solution development, integration and application believe that there is now greater awareness of the realities of acquiring and...

VMware outlines cloud strategy

At a Strategic Forum for Institutional Investors, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger outlined the company’s strategy, revealing more details about its plans to deliver the software-defined datacenter, expand its hybrid cloud offerings and empower the multi-device era. “VMware’s...

Avoiding virtualisation’s dark side

Uncontrolled virtual machine sprawl can undermine the business case for virtualisation, says Warren Olivier of software vendor Veeam – and IT managers need to deploy new tools to manage much more complex environments. Olivier identifies three major issues in managing...