Virtual Servers, Real Problems?

This article identifies the five biggest challenges of server virtualization as:

1. Network connections

2. Network storage

3. Sizing storage capacity

4. Back-up challenges

5. Application support

As companies dip their toes into the untested waters of virtualization, new issues arise as a result of the change to IT Infrastructures. Do articles like the one above, which outline challenges and provide solutions, make you eager to embrace new technologies like virtualization, or do they scare you off?

Share and share alike

Here is an interesting article about the need for greener IT systems leading to sharing data centers. IBM's Rich Lechner makes some good points.

Virtualization

Information Week has an interesting article securing the data center. While server virtualization is happening, people are still wary of the security implications of it.
When it comes to Data Centers, security is always going to be one of the highest priorities.

Virtual Reality

Interesting article here on the virtualization of data centers. It makes some good points. Virtualization is something which could solve a lot of data center problems and issues if people had a more open mind towards it.