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Virtualisation has a winning impact
With a long career in IT spanning years at vendors such as Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Tandem as well as working at the helm of IT operations for large corporations such as Corning, Ziad Sukkar*, CIO of SIRVA in Asia-Pacific, is most excited about virtualisation technology.
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Virtualise for operational excellence
Unbatten the hatches and virtualise for operational excellence says Peter Croft as he identifies how to get a green IT strategy back on the agenda for operational efficiency.
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Virtualising network servers with Hyper-V
This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to virtualise the physical servers on your network.
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Hyper-V vs. the competition
Microsoft's virtualisation tool, Hyper-V, is now available. Learn how it stacks up against the incumbents in this article.
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Cost saving shoot-out: Hyper-V vs. VMware
Although Hyper-V may cost less on paper, VMware's ESXi can sometimes prove a cheaper alternative - depending on the specifics of your implementation.
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Blade servers and virtualisation
The latest storage blades to appear could prove to be a boon for fans of virtualisation.
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Backing up virtual servers on Linux
There are several options for backing up virtual servers on a Linux-based OS. We explain their use in this article.
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Storage additions for Hyper-V R2
Hyper-V R2 includes hot-add and remove capabilities.
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Does virtualisation really beat a fleet of mainframes?
Some very big name enterprises are taking their entire server farm into the realm of virtualisation. But some pundits maintain that mainframes still have their place.
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Ease VM admin with Hyper-V snapshots
Hyper-V's snapshot feature may not be that useful as a backup plan, but they can help administrators cope with the pains of virtual machines.
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Two alternatives to server virtualisation
Learn about two virtualisation techniques that you can use instead of server virtualisaiton.
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Backing up virtual environments with VMware
In this article we explain how to install and use VMware Data Recovery.
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Virtualisation to exhibit more vendor lock-in, higher prices
VMware may soon completely monopolise the virtualisation market, analysts warn, which would have ramifications for prices and vendor lock-in.
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VMware will virtualise Google OS
VMware will soon allow the virtualisation of Google's Chrome operating system. Is VMware starting some Linux-based mischief?
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SolarWinds Virtualization Manager
SolarWinds has integrated its Virtualization Manager and Storage Manager tools to offer extended cloud management.
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IBM virtual server recovery
IBM has launched its Virtual Server Recovery (VSR) and Information Protection Service (IPS) offering which has been researched and developed in Australia for local businesses.
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Operating system to build cloud
VMware has introduced VMware vSphere 4, an operating system for building the internal cloud. The architectural enhancements enable business-critical, transaction-heavy applications, such as SAP and Exchange, together with their SQL and Oracle databases, to be run on a 100% virtualised internal cloud powered by VMware vSphere 4.
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Server optimisation
Sun Systems for MySQL is intended to help enterprise customers deploying MySQL-based web infrastructure on Sun servers.
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TCO calculator
VMware has introduced a web-based TCO calculator that estimates the return on investment of VMware Infrastructure and provides an analysis of potential cost savings. The tool generates a detailed report assessing each area where a customer might benefit from VMware Infrastructure.
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Virtualisation project saves millions
From its humble beginnings in 1948, Kennards Hire is now an all-Australian, family owned construction hire business with more than 90 branches across the country, managing more than 400 individual tools and pieces of equipment through its online hiring service. After working with Frontline to consolidate its infrastructure through virtualisation and new ERP software, Kennards estimated a cashflow saving of $6 million over the next 5 years.
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Sustainable data centre through virtualisation
A Melbourne technology company has deployed a green IT solution and reduced its carbon footprint by 60 tonnes with bottom line savings of $83,000. Late last year, Pronto Software, an Australian developer of enterprise software solutions, needed to expand server capacity in its Melbourne-based data centre to support turnover growth and staff numbers. The company was looking at having to install more servers and upgrade power, air conditioning and rack space, as well as increase space in the data centre to accommodate the extra servers.
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