Replacing servers requires careful planning and consideration. It is important to ask yourself the right questions, such as the current state of your servers, your business needs, and how much you’re willing to invest in new hardware. By addressing these questions, you can avoid potential pitfalls and set yourself up for a successful server upgrade.

For a successful virtualization project, it’s important to understand software licensing and support policies for virtualized and cloud environments. Today, many enterprises invest in software to track licensing compliance and vendor support policies because policies could differ substantially among vendors.

Online blogs and forums mostly cover networks and the cloud when it comes to cybersecurity, leaving other types of technology -- particularly virtualization -- overlooked and unsecured. If you don’t have the right defense plans in place, your business will be vulnerable to all types of cyberthreats.