Virtually Speaking: As more enterprises buy into virtualization technology, the biggest performance hit may be coming from the applications themselves.
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After a year of spiraling toward the ground, server sales may be pulling out of the dive, with x86 servers leading the pack. Revenue continued to fall, yet it's still progress.
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Recent research reports show the rate of enterprises adopting virtualization is on the decline. Has the silver bullet misfired, or is something else happening here?
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While year-over-year continues to look grim, quarter-to-quarter shows signs of improvement.
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Virtually Speaking: Within two years, 60 percent of all desktops will be virtualized, according to Gartner. Citrix has six avenues to make this possible.
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Gartner says only 16 percent of workloads are now running on virtual machines. It expects that figure to surge to 50 percent by 2012.
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Virtually Speaking: Think twice before you stick those legacy apps on a virtual machine and forget about them.
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IDC and Gartner report a second quarter that was beyond dismal for server sales. Have we hit the bottom yet, and is there any light in this long, dark tunnel?
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If the analysts are to be believed, Twitter is here to stay and will become increasingly pervasive in the months to come. Contrary to popular belief, there is business value in it. Learn how to get the most out of it while avoiding security pitfalls and other headaches.
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As social media and SOA approach mainstream adoption in the enterprise, the hype around cloud computing is reaching a fever pitch.
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Virtually Speaking: With vSphere, VMware heads for the cloud while keeping its feet firmly planted on data center ground. Will it offer both the vision and terra firma enterprises are seeking?
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