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<item><title>Desktop Virtualization: Are We There Yet? </title>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:02:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The hype over the tech trend of desktop virtualization might have you believing that companies are adopting it across the board at the highest of capacity levels. But thats not the case, according to a survey conducted by Matrix42, a vendor of workplace management and automation solutions. Certainly, the launching of desktop virtualization initiatives is on the rise in todays workplaces, the research reveals. But decision-makers are still dipping their toes, relatively speaking, as opposed to taking the big plunge. Which means CIOs and other IT managers expect to oversee an environment in which both traditional and virtual options are deployed for some time. &quot;2011 seems to be the year that businesses stop speculating about virtualization and actually invest in it,&quot; says Matrix42 CEO Herbert Uhl. &quot;Unfortunately, however, there won't be a clear-cut switch for most organizations. For the IT manager, the new challenge will be managing a mix of physical and virtual desktops -- for the long run.&quot; The report also sheds light on the impact of the use of employees personal devices at work. Matrix 42 surveyed more than 90 tech execs at the Citrix Synergy 2011 conference, May 25-27 in San Francisco. Here are selected highlights:   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Virtual World Training: Give Your Programs a 'Second Life'</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:54:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Since the launch of the groundbreaking Second Life in 2003, “virtual world” training and collaboration tools have become increasingly popular in the modern workplace. These are not simply exercises with “cute” avatars that provide an enjoyable but meaningless distraction for employees. These tools can help you, your senior managers and your work teams to recruit and retain talent, address customer needs, enhance collaboration and perform other “mission-critical” functions. Organizations such as IBM, Cisco, Intel, Michelin, Microsoft and the World Bank are successfully deploying these virtual efforts and getting results, according to the book Training and Collaboration with Virtual Worlds: How to Create Cost-Saving, Efficient, and Engaging Programs  (McGraw-Hill Professional/Available now) by Alex Heiphetz and Gary Woodill. Heiphetz is founder / president of AHG Inc., a software solutions company specializing in providing business services to training companies and educational institutions. Woodill is director of research at Brandon Hall, a leading research firm that tracks emerging learning technologies. Here are the highlights:   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Virtualization as a Tool for Agile IT</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:48:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CIOs from Continental Airlines, Texas A&amp;M University, and the City of Chesapeake, Va., are among those using virtualization to accommodate growth and achieve agility. Read on to learn more. We've also compiled five best practices for virtualization deployments  based on research conducted for this feature.   -  More than a decade after VMware introduced the first software that enabled x86 virtualization, the question facing most IT executives is no longer whether they plan to virtualize, but how far they plan to go.
From Wall Street to Main Street, organizations large and small now avail themselves of the...]]></description>
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<item><title>Five Best Practices for Virtualization Deployments</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:48:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We cite five best practices compiled by Tom Bittman, Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst, and add our perspective, drawn from interviews with leading IT executives, to compile this primer for CIOs considering virtualization. For more, learn how CIOs from Continental Airlines, Texas A&amp;M University and other enterprises are using virtualization as a tool for agile IT.   -  There is no one-size-fits-all approach to planning and undertaking a virtualization deployment. Here, we cite five best practices compiled by Tom Bittman, Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst, and add our perspective, drawn from interviews with leading IT executives, to compile this prim...]]></description>
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<item><title>Virtualized Apps: Are They Tier-1 Worthy?</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:12:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CIOs and other IT managers are singing about the business benefits of virtualized applications. They can save on power/cooling by consolidating servers. They're known to assist greatly with disaster recovery. And they'll increase an organization's ability to remain nimble in light of rapid shifts in the business environment. So why aren't more of the most critical, &quot;Tier 1&quot; enterprise applications being virtualized? Barriers include performance and design concerns, as well as &quot;people issues,&quot; according to a survey from AppDynamics, a vendor of application performance management solutions. Clearly, CIOs and their IT teams must demonstrate that virtualization won't impact their organizations ability to achieve business objectives, says Jyoti Bansal, CEO of AppDynamics. CIOs and top IT decision-makers at more than 100 companies participated in the survey. Here's what they reported.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Where Does Hype End and Reality Begin with Cloud Computing</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CIOs at large companies may be bullish on cloud computing, but theyre also realistic. While they see the potential to for it transform many aspects of IT, they say the clouds shortcomings in critical areas such as security, compliance and monitoring are preventing them from entrusting their mission-critical assets to cloud providers. To date, large companies have, for the most part, limited their cloud computing engagements to non-critical applications, departmental deployments and temporary processing needs, and thats not likely to change anytime soon. In the meantime, CIOs will continue to monitor cloud computings evolution, and theyll keep an eye out for any usage scenarios that might signal important advances it its enterprise readiness.<br/>   -   Video Content.]]></description>
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<item><title>VMworld Focuses on Management</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:38:42 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Crowds gathered recently at the Moscone Center to discuss innovations in virtualization. With so many companies deploying virtualization solutions on a massive scale, this year's hot topics were around managing and optimizing virtualized platforms and systems.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>10 Reasons to Virtualize Your Desktop Environment</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:28:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What Embarq Corp. learned during a major project.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Embarq Goes Virtual, Carefully</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:26:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Virtualization and thin-client computing takes some planning.   -  A growing number of organizations are expected to launch desktop virtualization initiatives as a way to cut costs and better manage their computing environment. But moving to this new platform involves substantial change for end users, and IT executives who forge ahead without considering that invit...]]></description>
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<item><title>Dell Speeds Up ROI for Enterprise</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:19:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dell has announced sweeping additions to its virtualization solutions suite, paying particular attention to accelerating the delivery of benefits to its corporate clientele. In an interview with Ziff-Davis Enterprise Contributing Editor Steve Kovsky, Dell Solutions Director Anthony Dina explains that in the past, customers were frustrated by the length of time it took for a new technology investment to pay for itself. Dells new approach emphasizes quicker returns and better measurement of each customers ROI. &quot;Theres a lag time between when a  person decides they want to get after the advantage, and when they actually get the advantage, so with this announcement, we put a lot of effort into what we call ‘the fast track to efficiency,&quot; Dina said. That fast-track approach calls for a combination of pre-configured hardware and software packages, bundled with advisory and consulting services that are designed to let companies plan, deploy and manage their server virtualization investment with a minimum of downtime or delay.<br/>   -   Video Content.]]></description>
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