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How to create an FTP server on an Ubuntu 12.04 virtual machine

May 20, 2013 4:24am PDT

How to create an FTP server on an Ubuntu 12.04 virtual machine article root ftp issues Thanks for your article. It works fine like a short reminder of what needs to be done. There is an issue...

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10 key questions about software-defined networking

May 17, 2013 2:38pm PDT

10 key questions about software-defined networking article root SDN is not inevitably open source OpenFlow is at the heart of a great deal of SDN focus and development, and switch vendors and...

2 Started by daboochmeister | Latest comment by batteryshops

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Create virtualized environments with these five apps

May 10, 2013 7:56am PDT

Create virtualized environments with these five apps article root Find out what to look for when you are shopping for a hard drive What to Look for in a Hard Drive That You Are Purchasing? When...

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Quick Tip: Mount ISO files with Virtual CloneDrive

May 8, 2013 12:11pm PDT

Quick Tip: Mount ISO files with Virtual CloneDrive article root ISO files Virtual CloneDrive is one of those applications you would think would already be an integral part of all Windows...

9 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by MichaelCarr

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PernixData Flash Virtualization Platform: a storage solution worth researching

May 6, 2013 5:30am PDT

PernixData Flash Virtualization Platform: a storage solution worth researching article root Sales pitch versus testing I was curious if you actually tested a device?

1 Started by Michael Kassner |

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Five Apps for virtualization management

April 18, 2013 12:17pm PDT

Five Apps for virtualization management article root Virtualization app of choice? What applications do you use to create and manage your organization's virtualization needs? Which of these...

3 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by Matt Nawrocki

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10 worst-case BYOD scenarios (and how to prevent them)

April 11, 2013 7:12pm PDT

10 worst-case BYOD scenarios (and how to prevent them) article root The only real protection Do not allow any BYOD unto your network. PERIOD. This has been the biggest thorn in my side since...

33 Started by mjd420nova | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest

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10 reasons you should build your own cloud

March 21, 2013 10:08am PDT

10 reasons you should build your own cloud article root private cloud + public cloud = hybrid cloud Private and hybrid clouds are not that simple and require a significant investment, there is a...

54 Started by rduncan@... | Latest comment by rduncan@...

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Find detail storage measurement for virtual machines: IOPs

February 13, 2013 8:13am PST

Find detail storage measurement for virtual machines: IOPs article root SATS vs SAS You give stats for how many SATA drives it would take to satisfy the IOPS, but aren't SAS drives more common in...

3 Started by wdewey@... | Latest comment by zmx

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Create virtual FTP servers with Xlight FTP Server

November 19, 2012 2:17pm PST

Create virtual FTP servers with Xlight FTP Server article root What's the point? Just curious since ultimately this is still an FTP server. That said what differs this from say Filezilla FTP...

1 Started by keith@... |

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Adding Hyper-V Manager to Windows Server 2012

November 12, 2012 7:14am PST

Adding Hyper-V Manager to Windows Server 2012 article root Second Level Address Translation If like me, you are running the Enterprise Evaluation edition of Server 2012, on an older server,...

3 Started by Prescott_666 | Latest comment by JSerrago@...

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Need advice in setting up VMWare ESX/Hyper-V lab

November 10, 2012 10:09am PST

Need advice in setting up VMWare ESX/Hyper-V lab I'm really interested in setting up a home lab to allow me to study for my MS certs. I don't intend on paying more than $500 for a home server but...

5 Started by dh_it | Latest comment by Rupert Pumkin

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Five Virtual Desktop Managers for Windows

November 8, 2012 6:45am PST

Five Virtual Desktop Managers for Windows article root What goes around comes around I have to LOL. I was using virtual desktop software almost 20 years ago on a 286-based computer under Windoze...

3 Started by jdaughtry@... | Latest comment by willis0966@...

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Give yourself a clean desktop with these five virtual desktop managers

November 7, 2012 11:18am PST

I've tried three of these five - Edited I'm currently running VirtuaWin, although I've used Dexpot in the past and found it satisfactory. I haven't looked at the MS / Sysinternals product since...

17 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by rahn@...

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Hyper-V grows up quickly with F5 virtual appliance networking features

October 1, 2012 8:12am PDT

Hyper-V grows up quickly with F5 virtual appliance networking features article root Clarification? Link here: http://www.f5.com/about/news/press/2012/20120926b/ So ... they're releasing the LTM...

3 Started by daboochmeister | Latest comment by cjones@...

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10 virtual appliances that can simplify your job

September 28, 2012 11:22am PDT

10 virtual appliances that can simplify your job article root other lists of virtual appliances Thanks for the list Jack. I would like to learn of other appliances beyond these 10. I'd love to...

8 Started by underoverflow | Latest comment by atmail

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VMware: Creating a virtual DMZ with virtual firewalls for virtual servers

September 17, 2012 9:58am PDT

VMware: Creating a virtual DMZ with virtual firewalls for virtual servers Over the past few years I've become a huge fan of VMware ESX Server. It just works. Recently I had to setup an...

1 Started by robo_dev | Latest comment by robo_dev

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Virtual PBX for Mobile Phones

September 14, 2012 11:24pm PDT

Virtual PBX for Mobile Phones Discovered this service for creating a call group using mobile phones. Could be used instead of a virtual PBX. it's called My Fone Group. I think it's similar to...

1 Started by techrepublic@... | Latest comment by techrepublic@...

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BYON into the public cloud with Azure Virtual Networks

August 20, 2012 12:44am PDT

BYON into the public cloud with Azure Virtual Networks article root Looks interesting I haven't paid much attention to Azure until recently, and I couldn't work out how you would communicate with...

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The Genie in the Virtual Cloud: vale Microsoft?

August 14, 2012 4:19pm PDT

The Genie in the Virtual Cloud: vale Microsoft? I hate to use that already much battered fray is "the elephant in the room", but the future of computer-based communication is already crystal...

3 Started by Himagain2 | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto