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- TurboFTP Server 1.00.709 (Windows)
- TurboFTP Server supports virtual domains, which means you can set up multiple virtual domains on a physical host machine and provide different services on it. You can map any local folder path to a virtual server folder and assign individual users or groups access rights to folders within a domain's...
- Tags: Virtual Server, Domain, Microsoft Windows, TurboSoft, Server Virtualization, Ip storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server
- RE: Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual serverIT has always been a service but infrastructure is becoming the commodity. Many infrastructure admins are going to be very surprised to find themselves out of a job in the next 5 years. This article is pretty much dead...
- Tags: Server virtualization, IP storage, Virtualization, IT HAS, virtual server, server
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server
- What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-10-29
- VMware to step up data center automation game
- ResponseThis is great news for the IT world. These tools will greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of virtual environments. And VMware is smart to focus on automation. They understand better than anyone that automation is the key to virtualization and then cloud computing.Without it, you?re not likely...
- Tags: Server virtualization, Virtualization, VMware Inc., game, automation, provisioning, virtual server
- Discussion threads 2009-09-27
- The Infrastructure Management Challenges Associated With Virtual Servers
- Although virtualization is important to IT organizations, it certainly isn't new: IT organizations have been implementing virtualized technologies such as Virtual LANs VLANs and Virtual Private Networks VPNs for at least 20 years. Most of the current interest in virtualization revolves around virtual servers. Although many benefits are associated with...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Infrastructure Management, Information Technology, Environment, Virtual Server, Computer Associates International Inc., Server Virtualization, Ip storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-03-24
- SAN Storage: Coping with Server Virtualization
- Server virtualization is easy, but networked storage for virtualized servers is anything but. Key challenges include: storage network oversubscription virtual server downtime due to provisioning and volume expansion tradeoffs among data reliability, availability, performance, and cost minimizing silent data corruption ...
- Tags: Virtual Server, SAN, NEC Corp., Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Storage, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Racemi and BMC take on disaster recovery and datacenter consolidation
- Racemi and BMC Software are presenting a different take on how to go about the task of making virtual servers more highly available and more manageable. They're combining a physical/virtual management product BladeLogic Operations Manager with a powerful disaster recovery/backup/system portability product DynaCenter to create a reliable, agile computing environment....
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Data Center, Virtual Server, Provisioning, Server, Data Center Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Racemi, It Management, It service Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Free Software Trial Enables Chargeback and Cost Visibility for VMware
- Traditional physical server chargeback models do not work in today's dynamic virtual server environments. VKernel Chargeback, a unique and patent-pending solution, delivers an affordable and simple-to-use tool that gives users immediate cost visibility of their VMware ESX data center — "who is using what resources and how much it costs."...
- Tags: Software, Vkernel Corp., Virtual Server, VMware Inc., Server Virtualization, Ip storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- Download resources 2009-02-18
- Storage Choices For Virtual Server Environments
- Server virtualization is the most substantial shift in IT so far this decade. Adoption is high, and firms are virtualizing mission-critical and business-critical applications. But while server virtualization has become mainstream, firms still struggle with storage availability and performance. Storage configuration options abound, and successful deployment can be tricky. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Environment, Virtual Server, Forrester Research Inc., Server Virtualization, Storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-01-15
- Catbird Compliance Enforcer
- I believe that security is often the last thing IT planners are thinking about when building a virtual environment. It really ought to be higher up on the priority list. by Dan Kusnetzky
- Tags: Software, Security, Virtual Server, Catbird Compliance Enforcer, Compliance Enforcer, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Application Availability in a Virtual Environment
- As enterprises implement server virtualization in their data centers and move from a one application/one server architecture to a consolidated virtual server environment, application availability becomes more important than ever. For today's business-critical applications, enterprises require robust, proven solutions. They must be confident that they are protected, not only against...
- Tags: Virtual Server, Virtual Environment, Application Availability, Server Virtualization, Servers, Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2008-09-09
- Bluestripe to tackle application management in virtual environments
- Today marks the launch of Bluestripe, a Research Triangle Park, NC startup focused on application service management in virtualized data centers. The founders, former execs from Wily and IBM/Tivoli, maintain that most virtual servers deployed today support “non critical†applications such as file and print servers because...
- Tags: Application, Virtual Server, Application Management, Virtual Environment, Tier, FactFinder, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Data Centers, Ip storage, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Vkernel's catchphrase "performance lifecycle management"
- I recently was introduced to a new catchphrase during a discussion with Vkernel. The phrase was "performance lifecycle management." Although at first, it seemed the result of running one of those buzzword generators. I'm sure you know what I mean - software that selects three random words from a list...
- Tags: Catchphrase, Performance, Lifecycle Management, Virtual Server, Vkernel, Performance Lifecycle Management, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Business Structures, Performance Management, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Server Virtualization Security: 90% Process, 10% Technology
- Perhaps the biggest concern with securing x86-based virtual server environments is updating existing management and security processes to cope with relatively new technology. There are no known exploits that can critically compromise a virtual server based on Citrix/Xen, Microsoft, or VMware technologies — although the vendor community is in the...
- Tags: Virtual Server, Tripwire, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-07-30
- DriveHQ FileManager 4.0.284 (Windows)
- DriveHQ FileManager is a special FTP client that integrates with FTP virtual server hosting service. It includes Online Storage & Sharing, Online Backup, Folder / Website / Photo Album Publishing, Folder Synchronization and regular FTP features. it is extremely reliable, efficient and secure; 3+ times faster than regular FTP/HTTP; drag-n-drop...
- Tags: Drive Headquarters, FTP Client, Virtual Server, Microsoft Windows, FTP, DriveHQ FileManager, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-06-02
- Implementing Disaster Recovery for Complex IT Configurations
- How do you manage disaster recovery plans for complex IT configurations? Do you need to protect data stored on Windows and UNIX and perhaps replicate to a less expensive platform, such as Linux? Cluster configurations offer high availability, but how do you overcome the challenges of planning and managing a...
- Tags: Information Technology, Virtual Server, Computer Associates International Inc., Disaster Recovery, Server Virtualization, Ip storage, Data Management, Servers, Hardware, Virtualization
- Webcasts 2008-05-28
- ESG Lab Validation Report: EMC Avamar - Revolutionizing Backup and Recovery
- Rapid adoption of virtual server technology and the challenges associated with the backup and recovery of ever-growing stores of information located within branch and remote offices is causing a number of IT managers to reevaluate their data protection strategies. New backup and recovery methods which use data de-duplication technology to...
- Tags: Recovery, Virtual Server, EMC Corp., EMC Avamar, Backups, Server Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Virtualization
- White papers 2008-05-14
- How to Implement Disaster Recovery for Complex IT Configurations
- How do you manage disaster recovery plans for complex IT configurations? Do you need to protect data stored on Windows and UNIX and perhaps replicate to a less expensive platform such as Linux? Cluster configurations offer high availability, but how do you overcome the challenges of planning and managing a...
- Tags: Information Technology, Virtual Server, XOSoft, Computer Associates International Inc., Disaster Recovery, Server Virtualization, Ip storage, Data Management, Servers, Hardware, Virtualization
- Webcasts 2008-02-20
- Real-time Remote Workforce Enablement
- Cox Communications was looking for a way to deploy and manage the IT requirements of its decentralized customer support team comprised of over a hundred people. With only four IT staff designed to support the technical need of the customer support team, Cox required a flexible and high-performance solution that...
- Tags: Virtual Server, High-performance, Cox Communications Inc., Workforce, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Team Management, Leadership, Servers, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2008-01-16
- Simplifying Virtualization Through Adaptive Networking Technology
- As IT organizations increasingly deploy virtual servers and storage to consolidate resources and improve utilization, they must be able to dynamically provision applications on virtual servers and move them non-disruptively as workloads change. However, this increased mobility of application workloads can sometimes create unpredictable congestion in the networks connecting server-to-storage...
- Tags: Monitor, Network, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Virtual Server, Congestion, Networking Technology, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Monitors & Displays, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2008-01-01
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