http://www.networkworld.com/topics/virtualization.html The latest virtualization news, analysis, reviews and feature articles from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070909-propack-virtualizes-for.html Global packaging company Essel Propack was struggling to communicate and collaborate across servers spread over 21 locations. In addition to mammoth costs, the servers were painfully slow. For a smart solution, they turned to virtualization. Varsha Chidambaram 2009-07-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070909-wns-storage-virtualization.html Faced with the spiraling cost of running separate storage for each of it's 200-plus clients, WNS Global decided to turn to virtualization. But convincing its clients that virtualized storage was secure would call on all of Sanjay Jain's skills of persuasion. Here is how he not only met the challenge of constant growth not matching storage demands, but also managed to get complete client buy-in to his solution. Kanika Goswami 2009-07-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2009/070909-virtualbox-30-an-easy-way.html Sun's VirtualBox lets you install multiple operating systems, offering greater speed and ease of use than its competitors. Steven J. Vaughan-nichols 2009-07-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070909-it-roadmap-green-it.html IT Roadmap speakers will share tips on green IT, virtualization and building resilient data centers. Jon Brodkin 2009-07-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070909-vizioncore-ships-virtual-backup-and.html The new version of Vizioncore's flagship backup package for virtual machines has exited its beta programme and is now available on general release. Tom Jowitt 2009-07-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-emc-management-software.html EMC announces its Ionix IT management software suite that the vendor says will help customer more easily manage physical, virtual and cloud IT environments. Denise Dubie 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2009/070609nsm2.html CA expands software applications to support VMware vSphere 4 and Cisco Nexus 1000V to help customers simplify management, increase automation and improve performance and availability. Denise Dubie 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-cloud-and-web-20-insights.html Last week I attended the GigaOM Structure 09 Conference, which is an innovation-oriented cloud computing conference. One of the interesting things about the Silicon Valley-based event: it brought together a mix of different types of companies, emerging technology products and services, and people with cloud challenges: Bernard Golden 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070709-sun-upgrades-popular-virtualisation.html Sun has upgraded one of its most popular freeware products after releasing a major new version of its open-source virtualisation tool xVM VirtualBox, which includes the ability to cope with demanding server workloads. Tom Jowitt 2009-07-07T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070709-veeam-looks-to-combat-virtual.html Virtualisation specialist, Veeam Software, has launched a new tool aimed at simplifying the management of virtual machines. Veeam president and CEO, Ratmir Timashev said that the tool, Business View, would help combat the size of VM sprawl by linking every virtual machine to a business service. Maxwell Cooter 2009-07-07T12:00:00-04:00