Ezine: When new platforms or technologies appear, data center managers must consider the impact on applications and drive the software development efforts that will keep their businesses competitive. Find out how a more efficient re-design can vastly improve an application's performance when run within a virtual machine.

Applications need the same attention as any hardware platform. When new platforms or technologies appear--such as virtualization--data center managers must consider the impact on applications and drive the software development efforts that will keep their businesses competitive. Find out how a more efficient re-design can vastly improve an application's performance when run within a virtual machine. Also in this issue, measure the actual availability of mission-critical applications, and check out the requirements for success when deploying apps in a public cloud.