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ALSO CALLED: Virtual Private Servers DEFINITION: A virtual machine (VM) is an environment, usually a program or operating system, which does not physically exist but is created within another environment. In this context, a VM is called a "guest" while the environment it runs within is called a "host." Virtual machines are often created to execute an instruction set different than that of the host environment. One host environment … Definition continues below.
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Get More Virtual: Protecting Microsoft Applications with Dell and VMware vSphere 4 sponsored by Dell, Inc. WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to learn how to ensure application security and availability in your VMware environment. Discover how to provide quick recovery of applications and how to use automation for server application protection. Posted: 20 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 20 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Security \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| iSCSI SAN \| IT Infrastructure \| Microsoft Exchange \| SCSI Devices \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

CIO Decisions Ezine Volume 9 - Virtualization 2.0: Preparing for a Virtual World sponsored by CIO Decisions EBOOK: A tsunami of change is riding into the data center on the back of virtualization. In this eBook, you'll learn where it is today, and how to keep up with management, licensing, and much more. Posted: 14 Oct 2009 \| Published: 14 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Change Management \| CIOs \| Desktop Virtualization \| Disaster Recovery \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Software Licensing \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: Windows Server® 2008 R2 is the newest Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Designed to help organizations reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies, Windows Server 2008 R2 provides enhanced management control over resources across the enterprise. Read the top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2. Posted: 13 Oct 2009 \| Published: 13 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Power Management \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Remote Access Software \| Server Management \| SMBs \| Storage Management \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Windows Server Software

Dell Helps Customers Reduce Spending on Power, Hardware, and Software sponsored by Dell and Microsoft CASE STUDY: Companies that seek infrastructure consulting from Dell often want to cut expenditures. Dell can help customers reduce costs by taking advantage of Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and Dell products and services. Read this case study to learn more! Posted: 13 Oct 2009 \| Published: 13 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Power Management \| IT Spending \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Software Selection \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Windows

Technical White Paper: Best Practices for deploying Citrix XenApp on XenServer on HP ProLiant servers sponsored by HP, Citrix, and Intel WHITE PAPER: This techncial paper explores a number of options for using Citrix XenServer to consolidate 32-bit workloads on both x86 and x64 Microsoft® Windows® platforms, with emphasis on best practices, tuning, and tips for a server based computing environment. Posted: 12 Oct 2009 \| Published: 12 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Best Practices \| Citrix XenServer \| Open Source Software \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

eGuide: Server Virtualization and Storage: Channel Opportunities Explored sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel EGUIDE: In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchITChannel.com and Dell, you will discover how solution providers are finding significant revenue opportunities in the consulting, planning, deployment and management of server virtualization and networking projects. Posted: 09 Oct 2009 \| Published: 09 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Networking \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

15 Reasons why Desktop Virtualization Projects Fail sponsored by Dell, Inc. VIDEO: This videocast sponsored by Dell and Intel featuring virtualization experts, Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth, discusses the top 15 reasons why virtual desktop projects fail. Discover the considerations to make when virtualizing desktops, like hidden costs, implementation planning and user needs. Posted: 09 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 09 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Desktop Virtualization \| Desktop Virtualization Software \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine

Virtualizing a Windows Active Directory Domain Infrastructure sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment. Posted: 09 Oct 2009 \| Published: 09 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Active Directory \| Directory Assistance Services \| Directory Service Protocols \| Directory Services \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VM

Desktop Virtualization in 2009: What’s Real and What’s Not sponsored by Dell, Inc. VIDEO: This videocast sponsored by Dell and Intel featuring experts, Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth, explains the real possibilities of desktop virtualization versus its potential capabilities. Posted: 09 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 09 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Host Management \| Terminal Server Software \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware

*Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 15: Staying Compliant in a Virtual World* sponsored by SearchDataCenter EZINE: In this month's issue, learn how to keep compliance a priority in a virtualized environment. Also in this issue, get advice on how to buy hardware for virtual systems, and take a closer look at your storage needs. Posted: 06 Oct 2009 \| Published: 06 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware ESX

PlateSpin® Recon: Virtual Capacity Management and Consolidation Planning sponsored by Novell Inc. WHITE PAPER: PlateSpin® Recon from Novell is a sophisticated workload analysis, planning and management solution that provides new levels of intelligence, visual analysis and forecasting for optimizing the data center. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Network Capacity \| Network Monitoring \| Reporting Software \| ROI \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Maintenance \| Systems Management \| Virtual Machine

FREE Software Download - VM Rightsizer sponsored by VKernel SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: The VKernel VM Rightsizer is a simple tool for tuning your VMs with the right amount of resources (CPU, memory, and storage) to drive maximum VM densities without impacting performance. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Published: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Capacity \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware Server

FREE Software Download - Wastefinder sponsored by VKernel SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Quickly finds where resource capacity (CPU, memory, and storage) are being wasted in the virtual infrastructure. By identifying zombie VMs, expired snapshots, and other wasteful consumers, users can reclaim expensive capacity to optimize virtual environments and achieve a better, faster ROI. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Published: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| ROI \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware \| VMware Infrastructure 3

FREE Software Download - Inventory sponsored by VKernel SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Automatically collects important information about all VMs in the virtual infrastructure and creates a detailed inventory report showing VM name, created by and when, resource allocations, and much more. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Published: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Inventory Management \| Inventory Management Software \| Reporting Software \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Podcast- The Importance of User Workspace Virtualization in Desktop Virtualization sponsored by RES Software PODCAST: In this podcast featuring industry expert, Brian Madden, learn how to meet user needs when virtualizing desktops. Discover how to reduce costs and simplify desktop management by installing a master operating system that all users share. Learn how to get a personalized user workspace even when sharing a master virtual desktop image. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| IT Management \| Server Management \| User Experience \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VMware \| VMware Server \| Windows \| Windows Server Software

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Performance on VMware vSphere™ 4 sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. This paper will detail experiments that demonstrate the efficient performance and scalability of Exchange when running inside a virtual machine on a VMware vSphere™ 4 environment. Posted: 21 Sep 2009 \| Published: 21 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Centers \| Email Management \| Email Server Software \| Microsoft Exchange \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware

What's New in VMware vSphere™ 4: Virtual Networking sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: VMware vSphere™ introduces a number of new features and capabilities to virtual networking under VMware® vNetwork. vNetwork is the new name to describe the collection of networking technologies for optimally integrating networking and I/O functionality into vSphere. Posted: 21 Sep 2009 \| Published: 21 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Network Management \| Network Management Software \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Virtual Machine \| VLAN \| VM \| VMware

Virtual Desktop Management: Reducing Infrastructure Costs sponsored by HP, Vmware and AMD WEBCAST: This webcast discusses ways to reduce costs and improve return on investment with desktop virtualization. Learn how implementing this technology enables you to reduce IT staff costs by more than 40 percent. Discover ways to reduce infrastructure expenses and total cost of ownership by more than 50 percent. Posted: 17 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 17 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Data Centers \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Desktop Virtualization Software \| Help Desk Management \| IT Management \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VMware \| VMware Infrastructure 3

Vizioncore is Making Virtualization Adoption as Easy as 1, 2, FREE! sponsored by Vizioncore Inc. PODCAST: This podcast explains how to successfully adopt virtualization to cut costs and simplify resource management. Discover how to manage hypervisor environments and properly allocate storage resources. Learn how to automate time consuming manual costs to improve productivity. Posted: 16 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 16 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Citrix XenServer \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Infrastructure \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware

Essential Guide to Backup and Virtual Servers sponsored by SearchStorage.com EGUIDE: This Essential Guide offers a collection of tips, tools and techniques that you can use to back up your virtual servers more efficiently. Find out about the intricacies of using VMware's Consolidate Backup (VCB) application, get tips on how to fine-tune your current backup app for virtual servers, and read about the common problems and solutions. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Centers \| SAN \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| Virtualization Security \| VMware \| VMware Server

Server Virtualization Solution for Wipfli CPA and Consultants sponsored by CDW Corporation CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn how CDW helped Wipfli CPA and Consultants optimize their IT environment to overcome power, cooling, and space challenges, while simultaneously improving IT response times. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VMware \| VMware Server

Common Pitfalls in Server Virtualization sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: For all its benefits, server virtualization can be difficult to implement and could actually increase your costs and complicate network management. Here are some common pitfalls to look out for and avoid. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Server Hardware \| Application Server Software \| Data Center Consolidation \| Desktop Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Perfect Marriage: Coupling Blade Servers With a Virtual Infrastructure Can Cut Costs and Add Efficiencies sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: The recent push for more efficient computing platforms has businesses venturing beyond basic servers and systems. In order to manage resources more effectively, save data center space, reduce IT administrative tasks, and go green, many organizations have turned to virtualization. Learn how your organization can benefit from virtualization. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Management \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Evolution to Revolution: Landmark Technology Decouples Hardware from Software to Cut Cost and Complexity sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn more about virtualization and especially the similarities and differences between server virtualization and client virtualization. Which one holds more benefit for your organization? Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Software Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine

Do More with Less: Virtualizing the Desktop sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: Hailed by top analysts as a need-to-know technology and the future of enterprise computing, the benefits of desktop virtualization can be summed up in four words: Do more with less. This article will delve into the options, outcomes and business benefits that desktop virtualization can bring to your business. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Software Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine

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VIRTUAL MACHINE DEFINITION (continued): … can often run multiple VMs at once. Because VMs are separated from the physical resources they use, the host environment is often able to dynamically assign those resources among them.The phrase "virtual machine" is commonly used to describe Sun Microsystems' Java runtime environment, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), in which Java-specific commands are interpreted. The JVM is a virtual machine in that it executes code compiled specifically for it – known as bytecode – and abstracts use of resources for this bytecode. The Java programming language does not rely on platform-specific …
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