Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware is rolling out this month a new suite of its virtualization tools that bundles both existing and new products into a package meant to more closely reflect what customers say they need as their deployments become more complex. High on that list, say company officials, is the ability to manage a lot of virtual machines from one centralized view.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/08/2006
Plus Microsoft's pay-for-use computers, getting Vista-ready and much more.
Field report from the Microsoft Management Summit in San Diego
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/01/2006
Find out how your favorite tools fared in more than 40 categories.
Besides changing Systems Management Server’s name this week, Microsoft opened the veil on new features coming in the next major release, dubbed "Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/26/2006
Plus a new, free SharePoint tool from Colligo, Oracle looks for Linux, and the EFF takes on AT&T.
Services are invaluable, but be sure to keep them from taking over.
Manage multiple jobs across multiple platforms from a single console.
- By David W. Tschanz
- 04/01/2006
Group Policy Manager keeps a tight grip on policy updates.
- By Erik Westgard
- 04/01/2006
NetIQ says it will ship next week a new Windows-based tool aimed at simplifying user change administration.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/07/2006
Red Hat Directory Service helps join Windows and Linux environments.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- 02/01/2006
Universal Imaging Utility's single master image can streamline your imaging process.
- By Rick A. Butler
- 02/01/2006
These tools can help you use Group Policy to restrict access to USB ports and various hardware devices.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- 02/01/2006
Take a large-scale view of your network traffic and topology.
- By Erik Westgard
- 01/01/2006
Virtualization has become a serious tool for production environments.