Looking beyond the complex economic climate of 2011, the latest CDW IT Monitor indicates that more than one-third of IT decision-makers are considering large IT investments in the next six months, led by 10 and four percentage point increases respectively from medium and large-size businesses since August. Headed into 2012, nearly half of IT decision-makers… Continue reading Data Points to Larger IT Investments as Technology Projects Take Center Stage
Category: Server Virtualization
NetScout Integrates Virtual Probe Technology into Cisco UCS Express Platform
NetScout Systems, Inc. today announced the nGenius Integrated Agent for the Cisco Unified Computing System™ Express (UCS Express) platform. A virtualized implementation of the widely deployed nGenius Probe technology, the nGenius Integrated Agent seamlessly extends high-definition packet-flow monitoring and analysis capabilities into networking and compute platforms to provide valuable, always-on insight into service performance, user… Continue reading NetScout Integrates Virtual Probe Technology into Cisco UCS Express Platform
Symantec Unites Virtual and Physical Backups in New Release of Backup Exec 2012
Symantec Corp. today announced the immediate availability of a partner-only beta release of Backup Exec 2012 and Backup Exec 2012 Small Business Edition. Open exclusively to Symantec’s global community of channel partners, the beta release will provide partners early access to one of Symantec’s market leading backup and recovery solutions and give them the opportunity… Continue reading Symantec Unites Virtual and Physical Backups in New Release of Backup Exec 2012
Nexus Achieves VMware Healthcare Specialization
Nexus IS, Inc. (“Nexus”) today announced that it has successfully completed the VMware Healthcare specialization. This achievement demonstrates that Nexus is committed to becoming an expert in VMware virtualization and cloud solutions for Healthcare customers. Further, in achieving this specialization, Nexus acknowledges that this distinction and VMware solutions are key accelerators for enabling their growth… Continue reading Nexus Achieves VMware Healthcare Specialization
SmartDeploy to Co-Host Webcast on Windows Migration Best Practices
SmartDeploy, a leader in IT management solutions, software and services, today announced its upcoming webinar with Futurestate IT, scheduled for Tuesday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m. EST titled “Windows Migration Best Practices: Developing a Simplified Approach to OS Upgrades.” Prowess CEO, Aaron Suzuki and Futurestate IT Co-Founder and COO, Eric Courville have teamed up to… Continue reading SmartDeploy to Co-Host Webcast on Windows Migration Best Practices
SolarWinds Integrates Virtualization and Storage Solutions for Extended Cloud Management
Virtualization has dramatically changed how IT practitioners manage their environments, especially shared storage. Once users have virtualized up to 30 percent of their environment, managing storage infrastructure is critical to ensuring performance and capacity of the overall environment and ultimately establishing a successful cloud foundation. SolarWinds® Inc. (NYSE: SWI – News), a leading provider of… Continue reading SolarWinds Integrates Virtualization and Storage Solutions for Extended Cloud Management
F5 Teams with NetApp and VMware to Enable Live Migration for Applications
F5 Networks, the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced improved live virtual machine migration capabilities for customers leveraging NetApp® unified storage and VMware virtualization solutions. Based on recent performance testing results, this new solution combines the companies’ technologies to help customers seamlessly migrate live virtual machines between data centers without any perceivable disruption… Continue reading F5 Teams with NetApp and VMware to Enable Live Migration for Applications
VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart
With release of vSphere ESXi 5, its end of the road for ESX hypervisor (last version was 4.1 for ESX). Follow link below for ESXi migration flowchart. Rick Vanover lists precise details about ESX migration to ESXi and what steps to take for a proper migration. Be sure to download the zip file below and… Continue reading VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart