How many virtual machines can you fit on a host server? That's a frequently-asked question when IT pros consider which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. In this tip, I share things ...

The idea of early computer users having an entire processor to themselves was just a fantasy. The first computer networks had all the processing power in a central mainframe, or server, to which ...

With prices plummeting, there’s never been a better time to buy server hardware. Which is good, because it means you can get a lot more computing for your money. However, demand for processing power ...

Once an organization grows much beyond two or three people, the need to collaborate and share files inevitably runs into the severe limitations of disk swapping. Inevitably, you’ll hear from friends, ...

Dor Laor, CEO of ScyllaDB: a precision-engineered approach to create a different kind of database. Databases are software, but they depend on hardware. Although the database itself is software code ...

When Apple announced the server edition of its popular Mac Mini late in October, I was excited that the company was finally offering a low-cost small-business server at a terrific price point ($999; ...