by admin on May 12, 2012
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a network technology that creates a secure network connection over a public network such as the Internet or a private network owned by a service provider. Large corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies use VPN technology to enable remote users to securely connect to a private network.
by admin on May 11, 2012
In the Web hosting business, a dedicated server refers to the rental and exclusive use of a computer that includes a Web server, related software, and connection to the Internet, housed in the Web hosting company’s premises.
by admin on April 22, 2012
SolarWinds’ Virtualization Manager now allows users to manage both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments from a single pane of glass. Diversification of virtualization tools means that multi-platform virtualization management products have an advantage in the marketplace. While multiple hypervisors within an organization isn’t unusual, SolarWinds is betting that allowing users will be drawn to the simplicity of managing them from a single pane of glass.
The company cites a study from Gabriel Consulting Group finding that 70 percent of users deploy more than one virtualization tool, and more than a quarter use four or more environments. SolarWinds’ own survey indicates that about 85 percent of its customers deploy VMware’s hypervisor, followed by Microsoft Hyper-V at 55 percent.
Given these trends, IT managers may find it appealing to be able to select a management software package and still offer compliance to customers with service-level agreements (SLAs) that require one VM platform or the other.
by admin on April 20, 2012
At the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Microsoft officially announced that the next version of Windows Server, previously code-named Windows Server “8,” will officially be named Windows Server 2012 — and will be released this calendar year.
by admin on April 5, 2012
The history of the personal computer is a series of wars – operating system wars, network OS wars, browser wars, and then the virtualization wars. But while virtualization at first followed the lead of the OS in battles between hypervisors such as VMWare’s vSphere and Microsoft’s Hyper-V, virtualization is increasingly following the leads of the other pieces of infrastructure before it and is instead enabling user organizations to set up heterogeneous virtualization networks by supporting multiple hypervisors.
“Multiple OS environments are the norm today,” says Torsten Volk, senior analyst for Enterprise Management Associates Inc., a Boulder, Colo., analyst firm. “Virtualization has significantly fueled this trend.”
While VMware has led in the virtualization marketplace, user organizations are increasingly looking to other alternatives – both in virtualization and in applications – due to its high cost, such as Microsoft’s Hyper-V, which Windows Server users can often receive for free, he says. Users are also looking at free and open-source alternatives such as KVM, which is gaining ground, he says.