Virtualisation

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  Four questions about the Dell-EMC merger

  The first question is: Where’s the Cloud?

• VMworld 2015: Microsoft and VMware cozy up, forgoing past rivalry

  Despite their years-long rivalry, Microsoft and VMware have teamed in a new partnership that's part of Microsoft's collaborative strategy shift.

• Docker offers enterprise support, software for containers

  Organizations wishing to explore the use of Docker containers can now tap into commercial support, as well as some new software, to help them manage the new technology.

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  In Pictures: 15 screen-sharing apps for easy collaboration

  Need to hold a virtual meeting complete with screen sharing? Or maybe you just need to remotely access a colleague’s computer to help him with a quick fix. Here are 15 ways to get the job done -- for free.

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  In Pictures: Microsoft CEO's most momentous moments of his first year at the helm

  The Microsoft of today is not the same as the Microsoft as yesterday, and Satya Nadella's appointment as CEO was the catalyst.

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  Save money while controlling multiple PCs

  In some situations, you might need multiple computers, so you'll just need to get a new keyboard, mouse, and display each time, right? Instead, try a more effective--and cost-effective--ways to use two systems. Here area few ways to get multiple-sys...

• Cloud Computing: How big is big data? IDC's answer

  I came across a link to a new report from IDC called the "2010 Digital Universe Study".

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  Saving money, space and energy with blade virtualisation

  In 1986, Attorney Nicholas Barrett founded <a href="http://www.nbalaw.com/">Nicholas Barrett &amp; Associates</a> with just himself and an assistant running the business. But over the last 24 years, that small two-person office has grown into a bustl...

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  NY hospital cuts power bill with thin-client virtualization

  New York City's Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is saving power and money by replacing its desktop computers with thin clients running virtualized operating systems.

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  How a virtualized server saved one small business

  Even tech companies need an IT overhaul from time to time. Case in point: Last year, a Canadian software developer (who preferred to remain nameless for the purposes of this story) called my team at Microtek to give its server room a badly needed upg...

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  How Virtualization Improves Software Development

  Virtualization's big push to fame was arguably kick-started by VMware's Workstation product, which allowed individual users to run a bunch of OSes, versions or instances (similar to multiple application windows) instead of having a one-at-a-time mult...

Whitepapers about virtualisation

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  Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms and Branch Offices

  This paper discusses making realistic improvements to power, cooling, racks, physical security, monitoring, and lighting. The focus of this paper is on small server rooms and branch offices with up to 10kW of IT load.