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Achieve more seamless updates by integrating WSUS server with SCVMM

By integrating WSUS with SCVMM and using these configuration settings, you can rest assured that your Hyper-V infrastructure will...
Use open source Vagrant to deploy containers and VMs

With a few scripts, you can create virtual instances using the open source tool Vagrant, which is a cross between a container ...
Optimize performance of Linux VMs on VMware with these best practices

There are a number of ways to improve Linux VM performance on VMware, including making adjustments to your virtual hardware and ...

VMware Horizon 7.2 comes hot on the heels of 7.1 with major upgrades

Just months after the release of Horizon 7.1, VMware's back at it with version 7.2, and this release comes with capacity ...
Bring DevOps agility to business with NSX networking and Kubernetes

Even though Kubernetes is the container orchestration gold standard, it needs a little help integrating microservices-based apps ...
VMware VAIO establishes framework for Veeam Continuous Data Protection

Veeam Continuous Data Protection -- part of Veeam Availability Suite v10 -- uses VAIO filtering to sidestep issues commonly ...

Come on down! The VDI price is finally right

Many IT pros used to view VDI as too expensive, but now with technologies such as hyper-converged infrastructure and all-flash ...
How to keep VDI costs to a minimum

The cost of VDI may not be as daunting as some IT pros think, thanks in large part to new storage methods and hyper-converged ...
Android apps on Chromebooks hurt appeal as thin clients

All future Chromebook releases will support Android apps, which brings concerns regarding their security, management and overall ...

Upgraded AWS automation streamlines cross-account controls

AWS automation additions to CloudFormation and CloudWatch Events give organizations new tools to manage resources across multiple...
Take AWS MFA, cloud security to the next level

AWS recommends multi-factor authentication as a best practice for accounts that access administrative services. Here are some ...
AWS Marketplace seller, buyer FAQs

AWS Marketplace serves Amazon Web Services customers and vendor partners alike. So, how does it work, and what types of software ...

An edge computing architecture upends the data center

To get closer to customers, more businesses are taking data center technologies all the way to the edge. Here's what it takes to ...
In the edge data center, opportunities and challenges await

To really make IoT and similar edge computing initiatives pay off, an IT organization needs to distribute essential data center ...
Reposition DCIM systems for virtualization, container management

While DCIM tools are still a good way to maintain granular details about IT infrastructure, admins should integrate other, ...

Stand up infrastructure on a budget with Azure DevTest Labs

Concerned with mounting costs and continual upkeep of application development environments? Shift test workloads to Azure cloud ...
Windows PowerShell DSC book trains IT to lock down systems

This DSC book familiarizes administrators with Microsoft's change management tool, giving them the skills to clamp down on system...
Automate Active Directory jobs with PowerShell scripts

Much of what admins do in Active Directory is not exactly cutting-edge, and they don't want to waste time on mundane tasks. A ...

Call center automation advances, but only as far as NLP can take it

Contact center voice technologies with natural language processing improve CRM and speech analytics for better customer service, ...
The integration of CRM with cross-channel marketing breeds agility

Leading enterprises searching for ways to bring agility to the market need look no further than cross-channel marketing.
Smartphones sound the death knell for outbound marketing strategies

Telemarketing might not be dead, but the near-complete saturation of smartphones in the consumer market has landed some death ...