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• VMware shuffles deck with vCloud Air, vRealize changes

  VMware announced several new products and also realigned existing offerings with new names to shake things up at VMworld 2014.  Continue Reading

• Drop complexity to lift VMware vSphere performance

  When planning to implement a virtualized environment based on vSphere, it helps to plot out what your business demands are to ensure you are meeting all the requirements.  Continue Reading

• Head of Boston VMware User Group aims high

  Boston VMware User Group leader Steve Athanas wants his group in the top three for conference attendance in a year's time.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2014 recap: The good, the bad and the ugly

  At VMware's annual conference in San Francisco, the virtualization company announced a new hardware appliance and other offerings to further its goal to deliver its vision for a software-defined data center.  Continue Reading

• Sometimes less is more when it comes to vSphere design

  Picking a design is one of the first decisions you have to make when deploying VMware vSphere. It might seem like an easy task, but overcomplicating your design could lead to difficulties.  Continue Reading

• Outgoing VMware User Group head talks about influencing VMware

  VMUG Executive Director Victor Bohnert talks about the moves the group's leadership made to develop itself into one of the top IT user communities.  Continue Reading

• Should EVO:RACK roll into your business?

  VMware's hyperconverged infrastructure offering for larger enterprises scales out to multiple racks to handle more demanding tasks, such as expansive VDI deployments.  Continue Reading

• Making the most of vCenter SRM

  When you need to back up your entire data center, a properly configured vCenter Site Recovery Manager should minimize VM downtime.  Continue Reading

• FAQ: Drilling down vSphere issues with vCenter Log Insight

  There are many logs of all sizes in your vSphere infrastructure that are useful for troubleshooting purposes. The key is having the right utility to make sense of all the data.  Continue Reading

• Digging deeper for better VMware vApps performance

  Rebecca Fitzhugh explains how vApps can be configured differently, depending on whether they are built in vSphere or vCloud Director.  Continue Reading

• Interests go beyond technology at VMworld 2014

  The annual VMware event is expected to draw more than 20,000 but, for some, the company's products aren't the only selling point.  Continue Reading

• VMware PowerCLI is the key to drive your automation initiative

  Whether it's a routine task or a huge migration project, virtualization administrators can tap into the magic of automation through PowerCLI.  Continue Reading

• VMware vApps wrap up apps, VMs for portability and flexibility

  Using vApps adds powerful features to an administrator's arsenal, such as determining a VM startup and shutdown order.  Continue Reading

• Will a VMware hyper-converged product arise from the rumor mill?

  Following rumblings of a hardware project coming from VMware, does a hyper-converged offering from a software company make sense?  Continue Reading

• Failure is not an option: Recover from disaster with vCenter SRM

  There are no guarantees in life, but Abhilash GB's book on disaster recovery with vCenter SRM gives admins ways to keep downtime to a minimum.  Continue Reading