Not so long ago in the vast majority of data centers and server rooms, every application or service resided on its own dedicated physical server. All the capacity of each of these servers — including ...

Server-level virtualization is fast becoming a necessity, but companies should be prepared to spend three times as much on service as they do on software Organizations deploying virtualization will ...

Having covered over the last several columns the key WAN factors affecting application performance as well as the “chattiness” issues of certain applications, a lot of the history of the Enterprise ...

Mark Angelo, CEO and founder of Lanamark,spoke a while ago about the challenges virtualization technology can pose for providers of IT services. This folks are often known by a number of different ...

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard. Hewlett-Packard announced a series of wide-ranging virtualization products, services and initiatives on Sept ...

Microsoft has made a host of improvements to its core virtualization stack in the latest version of its flagship server. The next version of Windows Server is finally here! It's been a long time ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is offering several new virtualization services to customers that one analyst says amounts to the first overall “virtualization strategy” from the company. Sun on Tuesday will ...

Vendors are talking more and more about the mythical software-defined data center, an architecture that someday will make it possible to move the key infrastructure components -- think compute, ...

Doug Smith, global channel chief for VMware, recently talked about what separates a VMware virtualization services superstar from the rest of the channel pack. Here are his 10 top tips to becoming a ...

Late to the virtualization game, Microsoft has been running several lengths behind the competition in this space for years. However, the new features and strong performance present in Windows Server ...

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, ...