Server virtualization, have you ever heard of it? You’d be surprised how important it is and how much it is used around the world. Now, since not a lot of people have knowledge of server ...

If you haven't already perused the Tech Update special report on server virtualization you might want to mosey on over to see what it's all about. In case you're on the last 10 minutes of your ...

Many of our past columns have centered on a recurring theme: increasing the value of IT without scaling cost, all while ensuring minimal risk to the business. In keeping with this theme, in this ...

Imagine that you need to add 20 new servers to your data center posthaste. Your first thought is to purchase 20 more boxes and chain them to your existing server farm, but your budget's too tight. Why ...

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 year, ...

A company whose virtualization software lets Windows programs run on Mac OS X will soon make the move to the more demanding server market. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

(1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions (separate "virtual machines") within a single server. Widely used in enterprise and cloud computing datacenters, each virtual machine (VM) ...

Virtualization on standardized hardware is a key IT trend that began in the late 1990’s with the consolidation and virtualization of storage using SAN and NAS technology. Costs plummeted, customers ...

Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. When Melissa Auchter joined Michigan’s ...

The growth of the server virtualization software market is driven by the rising demand for efficient IT infrastructure, cost optimization, and improved resource utilization across enterprises.

It doesn't have to be this way. Using virtual-machine technology, you can split one high-powered server into several virtual slices. This way, each slice has its own partitioned-off operating system, ...

While virtual servers have proven a boon in the data center, they don’t address the challenge of incrementally adding server capacity and automatically distributing load across them. As a result, the ...