There is no question virtual servers will challenge IT staff when it comes to the many facets of managing systems. One facet start-up ManageIQ intends to master is virtual configuration management.

Microsoft provides an interface for delegating different levels of control on Virtual Server, but there are many situations where it does not provide the granularity we need. For example, the Virtual ...

Recently a client asked me to write a whitepaper about IP address management. At first the assignment seemed completely routine. But as I began looking at the details I realized that I was going to ...

The first release of VMware Workstation in 1999 marked the birth of simple system virtualization on the x86 architecture. In the years since, VMware has matured, adding significantly to its product ...

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) started off as a solution you could use to manage all of your VMs across multiple hosts through a single pane. Over time, however, VMM has evolved into much ...

The goal of network QoS is to ensure that your most critical network traffic gets to where it needs to go with the least amount of delay (or latency in network-speak). More specifically, you can ...

The process of making and integrating minor changes to software projects is known as continuous integration. Smaller changes have a lower impact and are easier to test than larger changes. Continuous ...

Server virtualization is a growing reality in data centers. The economics are firmly behind the trend. Server virtualization reduces the total cost of ownership by reducing the number of physical ...