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Dec. 14, 2011

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SEGA Europe uses VMware to standardize cloud environment for globally distributed game development

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Nov. 17, 2011

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HP experts to explore advances in service and support for VMware data center environments

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Aug. 30, 2011

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VMworld: City of Pittsburgh's beneficial synergy between virtualized servers and desktops

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June 17, 2011

Stephen O'Donnell and 3 other people answered this question

Survey finds IT professionals are not finding as much value with virtualization as expected. Why?

I guess that there are a couple of points worth making here (answering the original questions).
1) Virtualization has not solved the server sprawl problem - it moved us from physical server sprawl to virtual server sprawl and accelerated the rate of growth by a couple ... more

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May 30, 2011

Steven Versa and 3 other people answered this question

Should virtual servers be backed-up the same way as physical servers?

I like Andrew's answer because it really covers all aspects of what is necessary to implement an appropriate backup system for a virtualized environment. As well A lot of organization do implement an off site back up system and plan for data that is considered ... more

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May 19, 2011

christine sheppard and 3 other people answered this question

ROI of virtualizing my servers?

I just wrote a blog about this topic ... check it out, it might give you some more information to think about!
http://www.atum.com/blog/virtualization/5-good-reasons-why-virtualization-is-... more

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May 6, 2011

Eric Burgener and 1 other person answered this question

Server virtualization - is there any reason why enterprises would prefer SAN over NAS?

It's not surprising that larger enterprises who already have large investments in SAN are trying to use what they've got as they virtualize. I would like to comment on a bit of a counter trend though that we've seen with customers.
When performance is a ... more

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May 3, 2011

Brielle Nikaido asked a question

Does server virtualization complicate network management? If so, how?

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April 12, 2011

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Does server virtualization scale?

Facebook has decided against server virtualization and is said to be interested in Intel's microservers. Their reasoning for this is due to the fact that they believe virtualization does not scale. Is there validity in this claim? What are the pros and cons of virtaualization ... more

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March 25, 2011

Michael Dortch and 1 other person answered this question

Server Virtualization Best Practices: What are your 3 tips for implementing server virtualization?

I've worked and am working with several IT decision makers and virtualization practitioners in preparation for some virtualization sessions I'm moderating at Interop Las Vegas in May. (More information about these is online at http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/conference/virtualization.php.) These recommendations are summations of experiences those people and others ... more

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Feb. 24, 2011

John Lovrinic and 6 other people answered this question

Best practices for server virtualization and your IT infrastructure?

First define your requirements and goals (not necessarily the same things). Then compare against your resources and time available. Next figure out how you will approach D/R and its constraints. Then how you will support it (new skill sets). Then get a budget assigned.
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Feb. 14, 2011

Mauro Gatti and 1 other person answered this question

What are the top virtualization benefits?

Hi Christy,
your question is extremely important. Unfortunately my response comes quite late, but hopefully it will be of help for someone else.
Let start a preliminary remark: which benefits matter the most depend on what are your objectives, so there cannot be a perfect ... more

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Jan. 6, 2011

Rick McKnight answered this question

What's your best virtualization implementation horror story?

The one that didn't happen.
It was simply horrifying to watch helplessly the manager of that company telling us that he had tried "Second Life" and it was "too advanced for these times", as he shoved us off the door, before we could articulate a meaningful ... more

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