http://virtualization.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Clint Eschberger en Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media SYS-CON Media Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:20:26 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss 10 http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/546581 Sometimes I think virtualization, although scary, is a no brainer for medium to large companies. In today's world server sprawl has become a major problem and costs companies a lot of money not only on server hardware, but power, cooling, support, and square footage. On the other side you have small businesses that generally have a different make up. Many do not have data centers and some have no more than a handful of servers. Can virtualization help them? What are the ways that it can benefit them without breaking the bank?<p><a href="http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/546581" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:50:00 EDT http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/546581 http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/534628 In what is a big mistake, in my opinion, Microsoft has chosen to only support Suse Linux in Hyper-V. If they want to truly compete with VMware and other virtualization companies they are going to have to open this up. This does not mean you can not run other distros, however it will not be supported by Microsoft. In today's corporate world that is a death nail for most companies.<p><a href="http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/534628" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:45:00 EDT http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/534628