As cloud computing becomes adopted the demand for management software grows for hosting or cloud services companies like CNS. CNS provides cloud services for running virtual servers and desktops from a data center. Over the past few years, more than 200 virtual servers have been deployed in our cloud services environment. The demand for cloud [...]

David Strom, contributer to SearchVirtualDesktop.com, published a very helpful article for anyone who is looking for conversion tools to move phusical desktops or servers to virtual machines. Let Strom guide you to the best conversion tool for your environment:  http://go.techtarget.com/r/12466872/1667444 For more assistance with virtualizing your environment, contact a CNS virtualization expert.

This article came from Brian Madden, one of the most respected people when it comes to virtualization.  The article outlines the many ways users can assess their PC’s and Macs from your PC, Mac or iPhone.  Users are asking for mobile access more and more so it is good to know what options IT has.  [...]

I inherited a bunch of virtualized Citrix Presentation 4 servers virtualized on XenServer 4.1, and had to start the new farm.  Since the XenServer 4.1 had memory leaks, and the hosts had to be rebooted periodically, sometimes in the middle of the day, we wanted to build the new XenApp farm on the latest, most [...]

Here is an article that I feel is right on the mark as Microsoft takes aim at VMware.  The artical came from a Windows IT Pro.  I have re-posted it as many will not have access to the site and was written by Paul Thurrott Years ago, I spoke with VMware’s CEO at the time, [...]

As cash-strapped companies define ways to cut capital spending on server hardware, virtualization has become extremely popular by extending the capabilities of today’s server hardware. Virtualization technology is based on providing a layer of software, called the Hypervisor, between the physical server hardware and the multiple guest operating systems.  This lets companies consolidate several of their [...]

Backup and disaster recovery solutions are now easy to manage for different situations. The first crucial step is deciding how to handle a permanent archive and how often data is taken offsite and to what frequency. Upon defining Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for different types of scenarios, a comprehensive backup [...]

These days, most companies have at least begun to virtualize their systems. One of the big advantages of virtualizing a server is that we can take a “snapshot” of the box, attempt some questionable update, and if anything goes wrong, we can just “revert to snapshot”. Lots of administrators end up with snapshot-sprawl, with every [...]

I was chatting with a customer yesterday on their Network Infrastructure Consolidation effort when the topic turned to the features of the VMware vSphere product line.  I found this comparison chart on the VMware web site and want to share it.  It includes all the product editions from the free ESXi – Single Server, the [...]