This is a powerful performance monitoring and reporting system for servers running VMware ESX Server. Web-based dashboards show the resources in use by servers and their VMs, while the reporting module delivers printable reports of historical data....

Hyper-V is finally here - almost. With the recent delivery of Release Candidate 1, Microsoft is shifting from major engineering operations mode to cross-the-i's-and-dot-the-t's mode. The majority of the Hyper-V bits, including an ever-expanding list of supported guest operating systems, are now in place, and Microsoft customers can start migrating their test VMs into preproduction and production roles with a fair degree of confidence. ...

Yesterday’s headlines were all about Microsoft’s release of the Hyper-V virtualization software, so it’s inevitable that today we see the rush of reviews. And on the whole, they’re not bad. Even those who point out the system’s flaws are quick to note that its positive attributes more than make up for the negatives, giving Hyper-V a [...]

Management tools are still catching up, but taken on its own, Hyper-V appears to accomplish the job users need it to do.

Microsoft is shipping Hyper-V, which offers virtualization on the cheap, but VMware might still be the best option.

I just evaluated three virtualization product for the Mac: Parallels Desktop For Mac 3.0 (build 5584), VMware Fusion 1.1.2, and Virtual Box (Version 1.5.51) to run Ubuntu Linux 8.0.4 (Hardy) server (not the desktop version). My test system is a MacBook (not pro) with 2G of RAM and 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo on Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Leopard). This is an 64-bit CPU and OS.

About seven Internet years ago (that’s roughly three weeks in the real world) I started discussing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0, an operating system virtualization product.

The Baseline 2900 supports VoIP and PoE without breaking the bank.

Nimsoft's entry in our APM Rolling Review rides high with performance, scalability and stellar affordability.

In the second installment of our APM Rolling Review, we set out to see whether NetQoS' appliance lives up to its name.