5 things VMware must do to fend off Microsoft

	IBM brings memory flexibility to x86 servers | Microsoft at last releases famed Red Hat/Linux virtualization drivers
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	5 things VMware must do to fend off Microsoft To stay ahead of Microsoft, VMware will have to cut prices, bolster security, simplify management and successfully navigate the desktop and the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetScout Virtualization Simplified Industry analyst Jim Metzler helps identify how to overcome the challenges of managing virtualized server environments in this in-depth whitepaper. Read now. In this Issue IBM brings memory flexibility to x86 servers Microsoft at last releases famed Red Hat/Linux virtualization drivers Juniper helps virtualization security vendor Altor raise $10 million Budget cuts pushing some IT managers to the cloud VMware gains IT management expertise from EMC EMC, Intel, VMware team to secure private clouds Vizioncore tool will soon manage Hyper-V, Xen RSA extends security tools to VMware WHITE PAPER: Avent Managing the Virtual Data Center An exclusive survey by IDG Research reveals that virtualization is significantly upping the data center management challenges, despite all the benefits. While network security tops the list of challenges, several others emerge prominently, goading IT management to seek new management solutions in order to maintain high service levels. Learn More IBM brings memory flexibility to x86 servers IBM is planning to release a new class of x86 servers that treat memory, processors and solid-state disk as interchangeable components, saying a more flexible server is needed to satisfy the requirements of virtualized data centers. Read More Microsoft at last releases famed Red Hat/Linux virtualization drivers Microsoft has released a set of drivers that allow production versions of Red Hat to run on Hyper-V. The drivers, otherwise known as integration components, have some limitations, but they come with the full assurance that both Microsoft and Red Hat will support such an implementation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power The Four Trends Driving the Data Center Future Does efficiency have to come at the expense of availability? Not according to this paper, which outlines the four data center infrastructure trends that are reducing design, operating and management costs while improving data center performance. Those trends are Infrastructure Management, Eco Availability, Flex Capacity and High Density. Learn more. Juniper helps virtualization security vendor Altor raise $10 million Virtualization security vendor Altor Network has raised $10 million in a new funding round from investors including Juniper Networks. Read More Budget cuts pushing some IT managers to the cloud IT managers are starting to look closely at replacing software suites with cloud based services in an effort to reduce costs in an era of widespread budget cutting. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed WAN Optimization Can Multiply IT Efficiencies Data center consolidation, regulatory compliance and a more distributed environment are some of the IT initiatives making a comprehensive and robust disaster recovery plan more important than ever before. The Enterprise Strategy Group highlights trends in DR, the role of virtualization and the impact of WAN optimization. Learn more. VMware gains IT management expertise from EMC VMware acquires several management software assets from EMC's Ionix portfolio, potentially equipping the virtualization vendor with management and automation capabilities for the cloud. Read More EMC, Intel, VMware team to secure private clouds EMC, Intel and VMware are teaming up to improve security and regulatory compliance in cloud computing, with a proof of concept demonstrated at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Read More Vizioncore tool will soon manage Hyper-V, Xen Vizioncore's management tool vFoglight will work with Microsoft's virtualization platform Hyper-V by the middle of the year and with Xen from Citrix by the end of the year, the company said at Cebit. Read More RSA extends security tools to VMware EMC's RSA division is embracing the virtualization trend that its VMware spinoff helped kick off, announcing that three of its core security products will work in VMware virtualized environments. Read More
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