Virtualization allows a single server or desktop to behave as multiple machines, saving money and resources. Whether your business is a cash-strapped startup with limited IT infrastructure or a ...

Virtualization helps overcome the limitations of traditional test systems. By consolidating multiple PCs into a single ...

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 ...

Virtualization, lately the “it” thing in information technology, comes in many forms and flavors. It’s really best thought of as shorthand for separating hardware and software and thereby achieving ...

Cisco, Nutanix, and Pure Storage challenge VMware with validated infrastructure offering independent scaling, unified ...

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We've been watching the industry, as a whole, move from a focus on physical system performance, reliability, availability, cost, power consumption or some other attribute, to speaking about how ...

Editor’s note: In this, the first of Peter H. Salus’s articles, he explains virtualization with an unusual metaphor, puts it in historical context, and suggests some often-overlooked benefits.

How much of an organization’s IT capabilities – including processors, storage and network – can be virtualized and moved into the cloud? Quite a bit, according to Craig Mathias, principal at advisory ...