On the spot: virtualisation
Virtualisation looks set to stay, becoming a firm and long-term part of most IT strategies. What do CIOs need to look out for?
Soft-switch technology paves the way for true converged telecommunications.
Key trends in space, efficiency, cost of service, business continuity (BC) and virtualisation are influencing data centre strategies and architectures.
Virtualisation is all the rage and vendors have all hopped on the `reduce your power consumption` bandwagon. Somewhere between the hype and the hope lies a reality that isn`t all savings and sweetness.
What`s green, light and not likely to see much use in South Africa because we don`t have sufficient bandwidth? HP seems to have the answer.
In the unglamorous space of server virtualisation, EMC subsidiary VMWare has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft. This signals an escalation in a war that will continue for the next few years, and is reminiscent of the browser wars.
