virtualization - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Red Hat readies OpenStack for the enterprise

  Red Hat has polished the open source OpenStack Cloud hosting software so that it can be more easily deployed within enterprises.

• Google releases a cloud manager ready for the enterprise

  Now enterprise administrators can catch a bit of the magic that Google seemingly uses to smoothly run large Web scale applications. The company has released a production-ready version its Kubernetes software that manages virtual containers.

• New industry group to bring web-scale tech to the enterprise

  Some of the biggest names in IT and online services have banded together to standardize the way applications are run in the cloud.

• Oracle unwraps VM VirtualBox 5.0 with focus on security

  After entering beta roughly three months ago, Oracle's VM VirtualBox 5.0 virtualization software is now generally available, offering faster performance and better security.

• AWS upgrades highlight growing focus on cloud management

  Amazon Web Services is hoping better management tools will convince enterprises to move more applications to the cloud, but getting their internal management processes right is even more important than anything the vendor can offer.

• Why the Open Container Project is good news for CIOs

  Application container giant Docker and upstart rival CoreOS have ceased hostilities following the announcement of the Open Container Project (OCP). The project will work to develop industry standards for a container format and runtime software.

• VMWorld 2014: Winners and Losers

  VMWorld 2014 was a whirlwind. The conference last week attracted 22,000 attendees, more than 250 exhibitors and spread across all three buildings of the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco over a five-day period.

Whitepapers about virtualization

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  The Expert Guide to VMware Data Protection and Disaster Recovery

  In this e-book, Mike Preston, IT pro and blogger, gives you a comprehensive guide to disaster recovery and data protection for modern data center environments that run on VMware vSphere and integrate with cloud infrastructures. You'll learn the drawbacks to backing up VMware environments with traditional tools and presents technologies that help companies to address the challenges of data growth and always-an availability for services.

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  Monitoring, reporting and predicting: How to gain control of your data center's health status

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  Solve the application visibility challenge

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  Top reasons why Citrix Workplace Suite beats VMware Workspace Suite