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Fighting off Microsoft Hyper-V security hacks

Although hypervisors are built with security in mind, a sloppy Hyper-V host configuration can still open up your servers to a wide range of exploits. Continue Reading

Learn the basics of industry cloud platforms
Healthcare, finance and other specialized industries can ask a lot of cloud services. Find out more about industry cloud ...
What you need to know about Microsoft Azure Spot VMs
The cost of spot prices can be a risk-and-reward kind of strategy. Better understand the risks that come with Azure Spot VMs so ...
New Google service aims to move mainframe workloads to cloud
Google Cloud wants to shift workloads and applications from banks, healthcare and other industries into the cloud with a new ...

Patch management guide for Windows desktops
Routinely patching your Windows desktops is a necessary evil -- but patch management can be overwhelming. Get a grasp on the ...
A guide to Windows 7 migration tools
Upgrading to Windows 7 from Windows XP is no easy task, but several tools from Microsoft and third-party vendors can simplify the...
Netbook guide
Netbooks are becoming increasingly popular with corporate workers and in the enterprise. Check out this guide for netbook trends,...

Obey Microsoft licensing rules and run IE6 on Windows 7
It's still illegal to use application virtualization to run Internet Explorer 6 apps on Windows 7. But new software skirts ...

Distributed computing: The infrastructure shift AI demands
The hyperscale era is ending. AI's energy and latency demands are driving infrastructure toward the edge -- closer to users, ...
Seven data center blogs you should be reading right now
Stay connected on trending IT topics on Twitter and Tumblr. Follow these seven experts who express news, opinions in data center ...
Why Facebook and the NSA love graph databases
Graph databases play six degrees of separation to find real connections. See how IT teams can use the database approach for ...