Data Center

VMware Wastes Strength in Virtualization ROI War with Microsoft

Microsoft and VMware are slugging it out over their respective virtualization ROI calculator tools. VMware has to stand up for itself, sure. But will it make the same mistake that Novell once did?

Finally, someone at Microsoft makes sense

Windows 7: Vista Redux

Google Opens Up Data Center For Third-Party Web Applications

The Google App Engine will be free to software developers for low-bandwidth applications. Need more? Google is in the process of working on a pricing model for hosting applications that grow to have major data center requirements.

Republicans’ Web 2.0 Aims: Streaming Convention Video, Online Chats, User-Generated Content

Republican Convention CIO Max Everett's plans include technology partnerships with Google, YouTube and Qwest, plus ethical hackers to test his website's security.

Trendlines from 6/1/08: New, Hot, Unexpected

In this issue: Net neutrality; SaaS in the enterprise; Airlines and broadband; Business execs and IT; State of the CEO; Pitney Bowes goes mobile; and Google's new CIO.

Mobile Web 2.0: Gen Y Embraces Mobile Social Networks

Where does your company need to be to reach Gen Y? On their smartphones: The number of people using phones to access mobile social networks should jump from 210 million users today to 975 million in 2012, according to new research.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: A concept more than a product

VDI isn't just about VMware. Here's a look at the four parts of virtual desktop infrastructure.

Tap Tap Tap — Is This Thing On?

HP Winning the VMware-Microsoft Virtualization Battle

As Microsoft and VMware battle to help IT manage virtualization, HP can take advantage of the shooting war by selling weapons to both sides.