There is a new offering from VMware called vSphere Express. I think you've heard about it since it's been spread through the ...

Here we are again – this time in beautiful Lisbon for the Veeam 100 Summit 2026. After years of Prague (with that special Czech connection for me) and one edition in Berlin, Veeam chose a brand-new ...

Ransomware is no longer a distant threat — it is a daily reality for backup administrators. Attackers have learned that ...

This blog has been running since 2008, and there is a real person behind it. A real professional, not some AI agent. I occasionally use AI for graphics to make things a bit easier for me so that you, ...

Monitoring of heterogeneous environments has always been difficult – or at least it was before tools like XorMon came along. If you manage VMware, Nutanix, IBM Power, storage from several vendors, ...

Another VMware alternative dropped into the open-source world in August 2026, and this one is worth a serious look. In fact, ZSvirt (zsvirt.io / GitHub: ZSvirt/zsvirt) is the community edition of ...

Hey folks, Vladan here from ESX Virtualization. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while you already know I’m always on the lookout for ways to keep Windows VMs small, in the lab. Back in November ...