Brad Bird takes a look at virtual servers and their level of security compared to physical servers. What makes a virtual server a richer target for attack? Are you prepared for the security considerations?
Announced at VMworld 2008, Cisco will soon release a new software switch, running the Cisco IOS, that will run on x86 systems using VMware ESX Server. David Davis tells you how this new virtual Cisco switch could help you and how it will change the administration of Cisco networks.
Virtual networking is definitely here to stay. Cisco and VMware have announced a partnership and new software switch product to seamlessly administer virtual networks. Here is what you need to know.
Last week at VMware’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas, VMware and Cisco announced the planned 2009 release of the Nexus 1000V virtual switch software. This is an exciting […]
David Davis introduces the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), which enables you to set up a group of routers as a default gateway router for backup or redundancy purposes.
The ‘net was abuzz with Chrome talk starting first thing in the morning. The guys at Google put out an online comic book explaining the changes they made to the browser and, if you are interested in the technical details, it is a very good read even for the casual geek. The highlights […]
The virtual switch concept in virtualization environments is critical to an agile installation. Be sure to get a network admin checkout of the configuration, as the configurations could stand to be optimized based on the physical configuration.
As almost every organization has some amount of virtualization, the network standards need a watchful eye by network admins. […]
In a move that is so rare it is a little stunning, Microsoft announced the availability of a product ahead of schedule. Hyper-V, their first generation hypervisor, has released to manufacturing and should hit the market shortly.