The concept of allocating virtual resources to OSes and applications, rather than dedicating specific server hardware and software to those computing assets, has become a fundamental principle of data ...

I’ve spoken at various times in this space about the benefits of virtualization. Recently I was presenting at a technical education event sponsored by the mega-distributor TechData, and the gentleman ...

Virtualization is a 20-year-old technology with roots in mainframe computer systems that has moved to PCs. Attorney, computer consultant and blogger Alan Pearlman discusses how compartmentalized ...

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, ...

Despite the broad adoption of server virtualization, many firms still struggle with the technical and organizational changes that virtualization brings. We see IT shops facing three major challenges: ...

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Solution providers are turning server virtualization, one of the fastest-growing segments of the IT market, into their very own gravy train. "Server consolidation and IT optimization [are] hot," said ...

Server virtualization is supposed to save buckets of cash, largely from server reduction. After all, consolidating some 20 physical servers to three host servers means less hardware, power and cooling ...

Whether the economy is booming or tanking, businesses still have the same goals-to get as much for their dollars as possible. And one way organizations upgrading to the latest versions of Microsoft ...

Last week we looked at the destruction of sensitive data when having hard drives replaced in your Windows servers. This week, I share my thoughts on the top five ...

When I hear the word "server," I still think of "one large computer." It has a CPU, memory, and a disk, with an OS running on ...