Users have different formats available to store virtual machine disk files. On VMware products, the VMware-specific Virtual Machine Disk file is used as a default. This file format isn't compatible ...

I was recently involved in a VMware virtual machine migration project that required I use VMware Converter Standalone. VMware Converter Standalone is a solid and stable migration tool that comes with ...

If you are entertaining the idea of cloud computing (and research shows that nearly every IT department is at least thinking about the cloud), then here’s a standard you need to watch, the open ...

Open Virtualization Format could solve key problems with virtualization deployments. It's got key vendors behind it. And it's likely to be even more important as the use of cloud computing increases.

Virtual appliances have been around for a while, but will it take a standard like DMTF's OVF to make them truly successful? Back in September 2008, the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) ...

Fortunately, some very smart people are already thinking about how to solve these dicey problems. The good folks at the Distributed Management Task Force recently published a standard called the Open ...

Broadcom cut public VMware VDDK downloads, leaving TAP backup partners with disk access while Azure and Nutanix migration tools stall.

CIO.com – Quick: What part of IT data centers operations hasn’t been transformed by virtualization? After all, server virtualization’s value is well-established. Many, many companies have migrated ...