Virtualization changed the IT environment in such a way that boundaries and resources become elastic, machines are files and all is based on software. Standards and tools for securing these virtualized infrastructures exist, so make good use of them! Virtualization is everywhere and thanks to virtualized IT environments; businesses can rely on scalable, cost...
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Rackspace announced a new Cloud service, desktop virtualization on the Cloud. Rackspace Hosting is a major Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing service provider. With this new service, customers can host their virtual desktop platform with Rackspace as opposed to internal solutions such as, Citrix XenDesktop. According to Gartner hosted virtual desktops will be the...
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You cannot just rely on snapshots of your virtual machines even if these are taken on regular basis without having a proper data backup plan in action. Your data backup strategy should be based on a reliable and fast backup/restore solution which at least caters for the business most critical data. What do I...
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Amazon has developed a VMware Import Connector that allows you to import virtual machines from your VMware vSphere into EC2 using the GUI. The Amazon EC2 VM Import Connector is a virtual appliance (vApp) plug-in for VMware vCenter. The Connector stores separate AWS credentials for each vCenter user so that multiple users can use...
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From time to time I come across analyst reports stating that many mid sized organizations are reluctant to implement virtualization infrastructure and may decide to go for the cloud. So, I decided to share with you a couple of statements that are in favor of this strategy. That is, skipping in-house virtualization and moving...
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At the forefront of virtualization we find VMware with a suite of products and it’s no surprise that VMware offers a solid private cloud solution. With the leverage they have in the virtualization world VMware’s vSphere is expected to be one of the top solutions. The term VMware use to market their solution is...
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