Lots of organizations are wary of relying too much on virtualization of computing — that is, creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system, a storage device or network resources. Some would like to make the switch bit by bit to see how things go — and [...]

I read a great article on Microsoft’s new survey, “Cloud Computing and Sustainability: The Environmental Benefits of Moving to the Cloud.” In that study, Microsoft suggests that large businesses could cut their direct energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 30% by moving certain on-premise applications into the cloud. From its study, Microsoft found [...]

Jeffrey Orloff in his article How to choose a network management system (May 31, 2006, Computerworld) defines the key features that any network management system must have. As first feature in his list he mentions: “One simple interface: Everything that you need to see should be easily accessible. There should be no need to switch [...]