The current technical and financial collaboration with Novell seems to be pleasing Microsoft. Virtualization, file management and license sales are part of the success stories.

The Japanese software project Karesansui has released the first version of its open source software. The Web console allows management of virtual systems under Xen.

The server space is changing, bringing new opportunities for the agile admin. If you plan on taking up residence in the new data center, you'd better get your toolkit ready. This month we explore tools and techniques for data center and server room environments.

Virtual performance tuning is a lot like ordinary performance tuning – but not exactly.

Want a topside view of possible problems? NagVis is an easy tool for visualizing the status of your network.

The Bonsai Information Security firm has released Moth, a VMware image with a set of vulnerable web applications and scripts. It serves for testing and developing security scanners and can be instructional in all matters application security.

Synergy lets you combine multiple PCs into a single virtual desktop.

Heralded as a leap into the new era, vSphere 4.0, which was introduced April 21 as the successor to VMware's Virtual Infrastructure 3.x, is at least a logical step in the right direction upon a more sober assessment: through consolidation and automation based on an infrastructure of virtual components, a solution to satisfy turnkey IT services.