It is easy to think that virtualization applies only to servers. In reality the recent resurgence of the concept is also being applied to networking, storage, and application infrastructure.

But platform virtualization takes things to a new level, because you’re not only virtualizing an application, but rather an actual computer. So if you are to run, say, Windows XP inside of your ...

For those who are already familiar with OpenShift, the concepts and tools you already know can be applied directly to running virtual machines on your existing infrastructure, affording you the ...

But virtualization packages that are based on this approach are relatively painless to deploy, since you can install them and run them like any other application, without requiring a reboot.

Some really sophisticated approaches to application virtualization can do this magical feat without requiring that the application be re-architected or rewritten using a special application framework.

Both virtual desktop infrastructure and application virtualization yield significant benefits for K–12 distance learning, but which option is best suited for your classroom?

When asked about Xenocode’s approach to application virtualization, Brad Rowland, Symantec director of marketing, endpoint virtualization, said, “We’ve heard about the agentless approach before.

Thinstall Virtualization Suite 3.0 — the first version to be targeted at the broader enterprise IT audience — brings some fresh ideas to the Windows application virtualization game.

Application virtualization differs from operating system virtualization in that in the latter case, the whole operating system is virtualized rather than only specific applications.