For Monster.com, the initial benefits of virtualization in the data center were easy to see: With 500 virtual machines (VMs) running on 17 servers, Monster cut power and hardware spending and improved efficiency, since virtual machines can be deployed much faster than standard hardware. But as Monst... Read More...

Virtualization's biggest challenge is the "potential fragmentation" of a loose confederacy of rival software vendors working together on open source integration initiatives. That's the take of XenSource vice president of marketing John Bara. Looking around the stage he was sharing with those sam... Read More...

WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING ENERGY, Rackforce is doing better than most of us. Its three data centres in Kelowna, British Columbia, run computer applications for thousands of clients worldwide. Over the last four years, Rackforce has made those data centres 40 to 50% more energy efficient. Rackforce ... Read More...

Scalent Systems announced today that Carilion Health, a leading provider of medical research, care, and treatment, has adopted Scalent Systems' server repurposing software to support Carilion's business continuity, compliance, and infrastructure automation... Read More...