Apple and Google had interlocking boards, Adobe was Apple's lifelong development partner and ally, and even Intel had come back from the Dark Side of Wintel to make the chips used in Apple machines. What a happy family, all playing around the...

Solution Set

Situation. Implementers generally report success in their virtualization projects.

Note

One way to implement virtualization is simply to keep virtualizing until something breaks and performance suffers. Greater success occurs when implementers anticipate potential limitations and how to mitigate them. Avoid the pain of hitting the...

In-Depth Report

Leading virtualization vendors such as VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft want to offer one-stop virtualization "from the desktop to the data center." These comprehensive approaches involve more than one kind of virtual abstraction. Understand what...

Microsoft has become more aggressive in embracing server and desktop virtualization. This renewed push will make the virtualization market more competitive. However, Microsoft is not a leader in this space and remains considerably behind the...

Proprietary system management tools are very large, very expensive, and almost always require implementation consultants. Microsoft's System Center, despite some concerns about interoperability and vendor lock-in, intends to shake up this paradigm.

Virtual PCs remotely accessed from thin clients have definite potential for helping the enterprise reduce PC management complexity while increasing operating efficiency and security. This can be accomplished without sacrificing the user...