Open source in sever virtualisation
Virtualisation is unarguably one of the biggest trends of the past few years, and open-source software has been on the IT radar for a while now. So does that make open-source virtualisation twice as much of a good thing?
Ditching the virtual rubbish, evolving support models and managing VM sprawl
Despite the well documented benefits of server virtualisation, IT managers need to be aware of a number of pitfalls if the virtualisation experience of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) is anything to go by.
Dell's six year virtualisation journey has seen it dodge the prospect of ripping and replacing every one of its global data centres
The deployment of server virtualisation and a move to a new storage environment have helped Dell avoid the expense of replacing every one of its global data centres.