Sun Microsystems today announced the availability of the first component of its new virtualization platform, and laid out a roadmap for opening the platform's source code. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based systems company bills its xVM Ops Center virtualization management tool as a "highly scalable datacenter automation tool for complete management of heterogeneous global IT environments."
- By John K. Waters
- 12/05/2007
Not ready for PowerShell's Get-Service cmdlet? Get to know SC.exe, which can almost read your mind.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/28/2007
You can copy SQL Server logins from one box to another the hard way, or take the easy route by getting an assist from the SP_HELP_REVLOGIN proc.
- By Eric Johnson
- 11/28/2007
You'll have to look real hard to find those scripts on a Vista machine. Here's a clue.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/26/2007
Try this tip if you're as forgetful as I am when trying to remember what functions reside in your profile script.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/21/2007
Love the command prompt, but hate always using keyboard shortcuts? Put that mouse to work with this tip. Plus: Keeping message unread in Outloook.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 11/13/2007
Make any script in your PowerShell profile script available to all your sessions via dot-sourcing.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/07/2007
Windows 2008's nifty disk-manipulation features includes this cool disk-shrinking tool that has nothing to do with cold water.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/05/2007
Get info on our servers with SrvInfo; plus, those darn Vista shortcut arrows.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 10/30/2007
More free tools that Greggo loves, from our generous and sharing readers.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/29/2007
Windows Live OneCare could be among the root causes of Microsoft's ongoing problems with unwanted automatic updates.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/25/2007
There'll be times you want to have a partial profile load upon starting PowerShell. Here's a quick way to do that.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/24/2007
VisionApp Remote Desktop, WinSCP get nods from quickTIP readers.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/22/2007
The points of change cited by the research firm include Web 2.0-style apps, SaaS, global-class computing, "consumerization" of IT and open source.
Hackers breach bank's site with barrage of exploits. Plus: unhealthy security policies and data-filled
hard drives on eBay.