Virtualization has its roots in the mainframe era of the 1960s, and is particularly associated with IBM, whose CP-67/CMS was the first commercial mainframe operating system to support a virtual ...

Server virtualization can help fight server sprawl, make better use of compute power, curb energy bills, and improve data-center agility and flexibility. Server virtualization is one of those ...

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 ...

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 ...

If there’s one technology that can greatly improve computing environments of any size, it’s virtualization. By using a single physical server to run many virtual servers, you can decrease operational ...

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Microsoft's anticipated live migration feature will be in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. To get started, you should read Microsoft's overview and architecture document and follow along with its ...

The advent of ubiquitous server virtualization is one of a relatively small number of technologies that can be extremely useful to companies of any size–even a company of a single employee. While full ...

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.

The latest version of Horizon has numerous upgrades that make it a must-have for those using it for virtual desktop infrastructure. At VMworld last week, VMware announced Horizon 6.2. This version has ...