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VMWare vSphere 6.0 Features: A Look Ahead

Posted on October 30, 2014 in vSphere 6.0 by Justin Weaver

During this year’s VMworld 2014, one of the big topics was vSphere 6.0. While the software is still in beta and isn’t expected to be released until the first half of 2015, there are many details on[...]

Replication for Virtual Machines

Posted on October 30, 2014 in Replication by Jon Powers

There are two main scenarios where replication applies:

Using Virtual Desktops to Improve IT Productivity

Posted on October 30, 2014 in Virtual Desktops, VMWare by Devin Brown

Deploying virtual desktops eliminates the time and headaches of desktop-to-desktop installation and maintenance. With virtual desktops, IT teams can embrace Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies[...]

Protecting Email Backups — One of your Company’s Most Valuable Assets

Posted on October 30, 2014 in Virtual Private Server by Jon Powers

Let’s say you have a small business and maintain about 30 to 100 emails on your domain. It’s a safe guess that you are probably running a small Microsoft Exchange server. Whether it’s the 2007, 2010[...]

Snapshots 101: Managing Quick Changes to User Systems

Posted on October 30, 2014 in Snapshots by Chris Paufler

Virtualization has several significant benefits over a standard physical server. One of the beneficial features of virtualization with VMware is called snapshotting. The convenience of snapshots[...]

How Virtual Desktops Can Create a Better User Experience

Posted on October 28, 2014 in Desktops by Devin Brown

Virtual Desktops aren’t just a money-saver for businesses. They can create a better, faster experience for your everyday users. Here are seven reasons why a virtual desktop can improve user[...]

Keeping Healthy Systems with vCenter Operations Manager

Posted on October 21, 2014 in vCenter, VMWare by Devin Brown

An Overview of Key Metrics

Virtual Systems uses VMware’s vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPs), a top-tier analytics tool for gathering, measuring and analyzing data in order to reduce risk, optimize[...]