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VMware Certified Professional VCP

Need directions for the VMware certification roadmap?

What do you need to do if you are already certified and want to update your qualifications in light of the recent changes by VMware? Continue Reading
Tumult from VCP recertification change reverberates through IT world

After VMware put an expiration date on VCP certification, the range of responses went from staunch agreement to outright disbelief. Continue Reading
How to keep your VCP following VMware recertification policy change

A recent change means IT pros with a VMware Certified Professional certification level are on the clock to renew that title or risk losing it. Continue Reading
Burnish your resume by stepping onto the VMware certification path

VMware's certification tracks have changed to reflect the shifting nature of the virtualization world. Continue Reading
Summer reading assignment: Our best VMware performance tips

With the heat of summer on the way, it’s tempting to pack it in, but this summer take the initiative and read these tips to help your organization improve its VMware performance. Continue Reading

Manage host, VM access with a Hyper-V administrators security group

Use Hyper-V roles to limit users to predefined levels of access. By creating security groups and managing them with PowerShell, ...

Generate a Hyper-V report to track clusters, nodes with PowerShell

It's difficult to navigate all the information related to Hyper-V nodes and clusters, so use PowerShell commands and scripts to ...

Disaster recovery vs. backup: Plan for and prioritize VM workloads

Before admins design a recovery plan, they must plan out which VM workloads need a disaster recovery environment and which need ...

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How to handle VDI in the cloud with multiple vendors

Cloud-based VDI can become very complicated if IT works with multiple vendors. Managing authentication across multiple clouds, ...

How VDI admins can earn VMware and Citrix certifications

Certifications from Citrix and VMware validate an IT professional's skills with respect to a certain program or tool, and they ...

Test your knowledge of VDI vs. RDS for desktop hosting

RDS and VDI each offer benefits for certain use cases. Test yourself to see if you know when RDS is a good idea and when ...

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RHEL 8 beta looks to speed development of cloud-based apps

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 updates the software's DevOps capabilities with Application Streams, and boosts its appeal to both ...

Evaluate Linux server distros for your data center

Linux is known for its reliability and flexibility in the data center. To select the proper distribution for your servers, you'll...

In IBM deal's wake, Red Hat RHEL 7.6 targets hybrid cloud

After its acquisition by IBM, Red Hat wasted little time unveiling the next version of its flagship product, RHEL 7.6, which ...

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Compare cloud container registries from AWS, Azure and Google

Many developers use the Docker Hub container registry, but there are other options from AWS, Azure and Google. Explore these ...

Evaluate 3 cloud-native CI/CD pipeline tools

When it comes to continuous integration and delivery tools, there is no shortage of comparable options -- including those from ...

Cloud-based quantum computing inches slowly toward enterprise

A lot of questions -- and complexity -- still surround quantum computing. But as enterprises eventually ramp up with the ...