The Troposphere

June 2016

Cloud management and monitoring

SearchCloudComputing Advisory Board profile: Alex Witherspoon
Kristin Knapp - Senior Site Editor 30 Jun 2016

SearchCloudComputing recently spoke with Advisory Board member Alex Witherspoon about top cloud management and security trends, as well the benefits of hybrid cloud.

Ten cloud conferences to pencil in for 2016
Kathleen Casey - Assistant Site Editor 21 Jun 2016

Cloud conferences and events are the perfect place to gain more industry knowledge and sharpen your skills. For the remainder of 2016, there are numerous opportunities to grow your networking base ...

SearchServerVirtualization

AIOps use cases address complexity in virtual data centers

The ever-growing complexity of virtual infrastructures is making management a struggle, but an AIOps platform can enable admins ...

Prepare for VM-to-cloud workload migration

Migrating VMs to the cloud can be relatively straightforward if you lay the groundwork to meet workload and vendor requirements. ...

Meet Hyper-V cluster requirements to maintain high availability

Hyper-V high availability is important for failover, so check that Hyper-V clusters meet the proper requirements, which range ...

SearchVMware

VMware Pulse IoT could be the future of edge computing

Time will tell if VMware becomes the main vendor for IoT and edge computing. Learn about the development opportunities VMware has...

How to use a VMware content library

Follow these steps to create and populate a content library in VMware vSphere. Once you finish the initial configuration, you can...

New vSphere HTML5 client features, future direction explained

VMware's updated vSphere HTML5 client includes a list of new and improved features, but the bigger news is that it's the ...

SearchVirtualDesktop

Client and server-based virtual application delivery methods

IT pros can deliver virtual apps to users with a client-based or server-based approach. The main difference is where the data ...

How RDS licensing rules work and recommendations to follow

Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services licensing policies can be confusing if you don't know the Client Access Licenses and Remote ...

Pop quiz: Desktop virtualization certifications for Citrix and VMware

VMware and Citrix offer numerous certifications for their virtual desktop and app products. Test yourself on the different levels...

SearchAWS

AWS enterprise strategy targets industry verticals

AWS could soon add services specialized for industries such as healthcare and finance. It might be lucrative, but not everyone ...

COBOL applications can go serverless on AWS Lambda

More business-critical applications can now move to a serverless architecture in the cloud with the arrival of COBOL support in ...

AWS' enterprise efforts shift to prescriptive services

AWS gives users plenty of options, but with that diversity comes complexity. In response, the cloud vendor is poised to move into...

SearchDataCenter

Security, staffing land atop IT's edge computing challenges

Edge computing is a new way for data center admins to process data closer to the source, but it comes with challenges around ...

Edge computing architecture helps IT support augmented reality

Augmented reality benefits greatly from reduced latency, which makes edge computing a perfect partner in the data center.

Streamline data center power usage tracking with DCIM

If you want a more in-depth picture of your data center's power consumption, explore DCIM options that provide server workload ...

SearchWindowsServer

Ways administrators can avoid IT burnout

The last thing an overextended admin needs is additional work, but there are certain practices that, once introduced, can curb ...

Stay in control with these Active Directory basics

Administrators have an ever-increasing number of resources to handle and permissions to track, but they can cut this seemingly ...

Unlock storage savings with Windows Server deduplication

Windows Server comes with a data deduplication feature to reduce the organization's storage crunch, but it's important to plan ...

SearchCRM

Mystery shopping software key to CX management

Businesses use mystery shopping platforms, comment cards, brand reputation management and more to identify customer pain points ...

Guidelines for navigating the sales software market

Figuring out whether your organization needs sales force automation, sales enablement or sales forecasting tools can be ...

CRM for nonprofits rewires charitable giving

Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud and marketing automation tools help charitable organizations gain and retain valuable donors, ...