Server virtualization doesn't have to be an all or nothing proposition. One college CIO explains how her school successfully implemented a virtualized server environment, saving money and cutting back on energy use, without sacrificing performance on systems that needed their own dedicated hardware.
A Microsoft representative noted last week that Microsoft is planning two new options for IT organizations using Windows 7, but the catch is that Software Assurance (SA) licensing needs to be in place.
Leaders in higher education IT departments shared their technology plans for 2011 with Campus Technology. Despite predictions of flat IT budgets, their organizations are taking on ambitious projects and actually continuing to beef up services for faculty and students, moving into app development, shoring up wireless infrastructure, virtualizing servers and desktops, and experimenting with newer mobile platforms.
The University of Tennessee at Martin has started rolling out desktop virtualization to provide its 8,000 students and staff members access to their desktops, files, and network resources from multiple locations and computing devices on campus.
Cisco's desktop virtualization dreams call on partners for the heavy lifting, even as it introduces devices to compete.
Microsoft last week described a different way to use desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7.
Citrix Systems has gone into business with Cisco to deliver a packaged setup that promises to help organizations deploy virtualized computing environments more easily. The solution, which combines Cisco's Unified Computing System with Citrix XenDesktop, will, the companies claimed, reduce the cost per desktop by 20 percent by lowering data center infrastructure expense through high user density per server and tight integration of hardware and software.
With colleges in the United States averaging about 97 physical labs and about 1,100 lab desktops, Dell has introduced a new product line that's designed to save institutional customers management time and hassle by taking labs virtual.
A seasoned educational designer creates a tech-based, collaborative space at the University of London's library.
Virtualization is helping three universities keep campus technology up-to-date despite tightening budgets.