VMware pros who are under pressure to complete their VCP 5 exam before Feb. 29 to avoid additional requirements yearn for Microsoft-style exams, which don?t require costly courses.

Highly virtualized IT shops wonder whether cloud management software can help them get to the next level of automation and efficiency.

When it comes to virtualization hardware, converged infrastructure like NetApp FlexPod and VCE Vblock is taking the place of yesterday?s vertically scaled systems.


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VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.0 gives customers advanced features, but the price tag has some customers eyeing less expensive options from VKernel and Microsoft.

Microsoft may gain some ground against VMware this year. The company simplified System Center 2012 licensing and continues to support unlimited virtualization management per host.

RHEV 3.1 will include storage live migration and other KVM virtualization management features that will give server virtualization users a viable alternative to Microsoft and VMware.

Many VMware vSphere features rely on vCenter Server, prompting some experts to speculate on ways its availability could be improved. Some say federation is also on the way.

The latest version of Microsoft?s management tool has VMware?s offerings in its sights, but it will need Windows Server 8 and Hyper-V 3.0 to complete the private cloud picture.

Security software giant McAfee is one of a growing number of enterprises running VMware vSphere, Hyper-V and XenServer together. Here?s how it manages multiple hypervisors.

The new My VMware centralizes vSphere license management and support, possibly putting an end to VMware customer licensing problems.