Virtualisation management strategy
This section on virtualisation management and strategy helps you build and manage your virtualized environment. We offer news and technical strategies on P2V, V2V V2P server migration, server consolidation strategies, ways to improve virtual machine performance, methods for preventing virtual server sprawl, desktop virtualisation deployment strategies and more.



Datacentres of tomorrow: What the future holds
New technologies are widely-tipping to become a mainstay of datacentres in the future. Learn about new and emerging technologies that look set to shake-up the way datacentres are managed, monitored, powered and cooled as well.
News : Virtualisation management strategy
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December 11, 2020
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Dec'20
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic
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November 05, 2020
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Nov'20
Multi-year migration of BBC Online to the cloud 'nearing completion', broadcaster confirms
The BBC's head of architecture within its Design and Engineering team lifts the lid on the work the broadcaster has done to migrate its BBC Online infrastructure assets to the cloud
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October 19, 2020
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Oct'20
BCS swaps out VMware for Nutanix AHV
Certified training and migration tools simplify IT industry body’s migration to the Nutanix hyper-converged environment
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October 13, 2020
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Oct'20
Suppliers neglecting virtual appliance security, putting users at risk
Software suppliers are often distributing their products on virtual appliances that contain known vulnerabilities or are running outdated or unsupported operating systems, according to a report
In Depth : Virtualisation management strategy
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Five hyper-converged infrastructure use cases to watch
We look at workloads ripe for hyper-converged infrastructure deployment. These include virtual servers and desktops, SMEs/remote offices, Kubernetes, and analytics and machine learning Continue Reading
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Intel Optane Persistent Memory aims to fill the gap DRAM can’t
We look at Optane and its PMem product that Intel believes will fill a big gap between memory and storage that DRAM technology just cannot deal with Continue Reading
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Forrester: Why tagging should be used to manage hybrid assets
With complex hybrid environments, there is a need to apply IT asset management best practices across cloud and on-premise systems Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Virtualisation management strategy
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Throwback Thursday: x86 Server virtualisation check point
As our contribution to the bit of fun that is Throwback Thursday, we're taking a weekly stroll in the Freeform Dynamics archives. To say that server – and indeed data centre – virtualisation has ... Continue Reading
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VDI reimagined
A demo at this week’s .Next conference in Anaheim gave a snapshot of how far modern VDI has come. Virtual desktops should not be considered just as an option for users who only require low ... Continue Reading
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Remote control: Making virtual desktops and applications work in the enterprise
In this guest post, Jack Zubarev, president of application virtualisation software provider Parallels, sets what IT departments can do to get the most out of their virtual desktop deployments. The ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Virtualisation management strategy
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Security Think Tank: Securing containers needn’t be taxing
Adopting containers promises great organisational efficiency advantages, but the fast-evolving technology can be problematic for security teams. What do CISOs need to know to safeguard containers? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Container security starts with good DevOps practice
Adopting containers promises great organisational efficiency advantages, but the fast-evolving technology can be problematic for security teams. What do CISOs need to know to safeguard containers? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Four steps to container security best practice
Adopting containers promises great organisational efficiency advantages, but the fast-evolving technology can be problematic for security teams. What do CISOs need to know to safeguard containers? Continue Reading
Videos : Virtualisation management strategy
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2017 IT Priority Study: Trends in the EMEA converged/hyper-converged market
Find out what converged and hyper-converged initiatives IT decision makers are planning in 2017
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Why Fitness First consolidated onto Nutanix
Fitness First has migrated its traditional datacentre installation to a Nutanix converged infrastructure
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CW500: Rob White, Executive Director, Enterprise Infrastructure, at Morgan Stanley on virtualisation
In this CW500 video, Rob White, Executive Director, Enterprise Infrastructure, at Morgan Stanley, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the next steps beyond virtualisation.