Virtualization — the move to go from real, physical hardware to virtual hardware — is being seen as one of the “next big things” in IT. There are more virtualization options for IT departments than ...

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, ...

Migration into a cloud environment by means of virtualization of servers is extremely attractive and has instant paybacks. Compared with other software-intensive improvements, the ability to combine ...

Traditional database servers are relatively easy to track. You stand up a physical box and place the database on it. The part where a physical system is needed is monitored closely by business and ...

Organizations are using virtualization to manage their cloud environment effectively. Here is a rundown of the different types and what each can offer. In enterprise IT infrastructure, virtualization ...

Tony Bishop, CEO of start-up IT consultancy Adaptivity and virtualization go-to guy, explains how to shift from a tactical to a strategic virtualization strategy. As an IT executive at Wachovia, Tony ...

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 ...

Virtualization is easily the most integral part of home server projects, and there are plenty of ways to deploy virtual machines in your computing lab. While most experts recommend going with ...

With virtualization’s popularity soaring, it was predictable that hardware vendors would eventually bring to market specialized servers that cater to the needs of virtual machines. The market leader ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

I have been very interested in virtualization security since early 2004 and it now seems like it has become a mainstream topic. Most of the focus however is on securing the technology of ...

Paravirtualization gives organizations more granular control over the computing and storage resources they are consuming than full virtualization, but each has unique advantages. Organizations of all ...