PC style virtualization, derived from IBM's zVM ideas and now supported in both AMD and Intel hardware, is a revenant of data processing's failure to adapt to the age of digital computing - an ...

You don't have to jump in to server virtualization with both feet; just dipping a toe in with these open-source options will do to start.

Famously, server virtualization allows a great deal of consolidation of hardware, and initially this was its biggest selling point. Using the v-word to consolidate x64 servers boosts processor ...

As interest in and the need for server virtualization continue to increase, many businesses are looking at three key areas to ensure successful deployments: getting buy-in from senior management, ...

Server virtualization offers a host of efficiencies, but storage administrators say it may open a can of worms on the storage side. Resulting headaches can include huge I/O bottlenecks for primary ...

Server virtualization is a growing reality in data centers. The economics are firmly behind the trend. Server virtualization reduces the total cost of ownership by reducing the number of physical ...

Server virtualization through the use of software products such as VMware has been implemented to varying degrees in corporate IT, with some successful and some not-so-successful outcomes. This ...

For example, by using different best practices, a SQL Server database (or any other time- and/or performance-sensitive application) can be given its own physical machine during busy periods. But ...

Server virtualization has been with us in Windows computing for about 10 years. During that time, many small businesses have embraced the technology to get more bang for their server buck and also to ...

Relative to the impact of server virtualization on the WAN, the good news is that unto itself, server virtualization does not put additional traffic onto the enterprise WAN. However, many IT ...

A new report from IDC lays out what should be obvious to anyone who has followed two of the biggest recent trends in the server market—multicore and virtualization—by suggesting that when you ...