One of the things I like about being in the IT industry is the sense of community. And as both VMware and virtualization in general continue to expand in popularity, the virtualization community ...

Storage vMotion is often derided as an unnecessary feature you'll never need -- don't believe that for a second An enormous chunk of the money we spend on IT infrastructure goes to avoiding downtime — ...

Shared storage hardware is commonplace in larger organizations, but smaller ones typically can't justify the expense. But shared storage is required for many core virtualization features, including ...

The defining feature that elevated VMware from being just about server consolidation to encompassing the realm of business continuity was vMotion. With vMotion, no longer did a datacenter need to ...

Converting systems with large amounts of storage has always been a tricky task. Frequently, there are limited amounts of quiet time to convert these systems. This can be made even more difficult when ...

VMware on Monday announced plans for a new VMware Infrastructure release that will be available in the fourth quarter. The release was described by Bogomil Balkansky, senior director of product ...

Well, if by that you mean that the affected VMs power on another physical host (through VMWare HA) if their current host fails, then sure. But VMotion isn't for that. It's for moving live VMs from one ...

Cisco and VMware announced a method for using VMware’s VMotion across data centers that are located as far apart as 125 miles. Cisco and VMware created some buzz at the VMworld show in San Francisco ...

VMware Continues to Expand Offerings to Deliver Efficiency, Agility and Business Continuity to ompanies of All Sizes Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21 July 2011 -- VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global ...