Network World

	The life and death of a virtual machine Why ignoring a virtual machine’s life cycle could erase virtualization’s benefits		Fluid desktops Desktop virtualization promises easier management for IT and an optimal experience for users
	Not your father’s VLAN What the network becomes in a virtualized enterprise		Three caveats for desktop virtualization Issues to sort out before moving to any type of desktop virtualization
	How to create a business-boosting virtualization plan Adaptivity’s Tony Bishop shares best-practices advice		Wanted: virtualization skills IT pros with virtualization smarts are tough to find — and hard to keep

	10 must-have virtualization tools IT pros name the tools making a strategic difference for them. Start slideshow	13 desktop-virtualization tools A baker’s dozen from stalwarts and start-ups alike. Start slideshow
The voices of virtualization Expert insight on how to deal with thorny problems and deliver on your strategic vision:
	How to solve the I/O performance problem, with Neterion’s Ravi Chalaka. Listen now	Separating hypervisor fact from fiction, with Surgient’s Dave Malcolm. Listen now
	The Virtual Data Center Maturity Model, with F5 Networks’ Alan Murphy. Listen now	When mainframe virtualization makes sense, with Cirba’s Andrew Hillier. Listen now.
	Is virtualization in your mobile phone’s future?, with VirtualLogix’s Peter Richards. Listen now	Moving beyond server virtualization, with Citrix’s Peter Crosby. View video
	Coming in September! Results from our hypervisor performance and virtual machine management test. See last year's test results.


• Data-center power: the cost reality • Four virtualization security companies to watch • Can you trust your data to Amazon, other cloud storage providers? • 8 technologies for better data storage • 10 ways to get blazin' apps

Virtualization/On-demand/Grid • Virtual goo: how to manage virtualization • Cisco's view of the virtual data center • 10 virtualization companies to watch	SOA apps & infrastructure • SOA, meet SOI • SOA made fast and easy • 10 tools to management SOA
Advanced wireless & mobility • 4 tips for building better wireless nets • 5 ways to lock down mobile devices	WAN optimization • Pimp your apps • 10 ways to get blazin' apps • 4 cool network optimization start-ups
Power and cooling • Store green, save money • Danger in the new data center	Case studies • Cash-strapped but app happy • Inside three enterprise SOAs • Avis tries harder with SOA
Next-generation security • Virtualization security needed – now! • New ways to prevent data leakage • Open-source security tools for the enterprise	Multimedia & tools • Slideshow: 10 ways to get blazin' apps • Chat: Apps need WAN speed • Podcast: Application acceleration, virtually
Next-generation storage • Store green, save money • How to get e-discovery ready • How to tweak storage for great performance	Click on a header for complete coverage.