With virtualization’s popularity soaring, it was predictable that hardware vendors would eventually bring to market specialized servers that cater to the needs of virtual machines. The market leader ...

Virtualization — the move to go from real, physical hardware to virtual hardware — is being seen as one of the “next big things” in IT. There are more virtualization options for IT departments than ...

DevOps methodologies have found natural allies in application technologies such as containerization, microservices and serverless computing. This leaves many to believe that server virtualization no ...

As IT managers virtualize their x86 servers and consolidate applications on a smaller number of systems, they’re demanding more from the hardware they buy: more memory, certainly, but also added ...

Virtualization is an easy sell: Who wouldn’t want to turn underutilized physical servers into a humming little farm of virtual servers you can spin up or down at the drop of a hat? The dirty little ...

Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in the IT industry, and for good reason. Server virtualization brings many benefits: hardware consolidation, better resource utilization, lower capital and ...

Microsoft, among others, offers a product that addresses this need: Virtual Server 2005 R2 Standard Edition. In this Recipe, I'll discuss the ins and outs of server virtualization, and explain how to ...

The company plans to release a dual-processor system in the second half of 2007 geared specifically for virtualization tasks. “You’re going to see us in the second part of this year going back to the ...

After months of speculation, Cisco on Monday officially staked its claim to the blade server market, unveiling a server offering as part of its Unified Computing System, an architecture the San Jose, ...

Traditional database servers are relatively easy to track. You stand up a physical box and place the database on it. The part where a physical system is needed is monitored closely by business and ...

A company whose virtualization software lets Windows programs run on Mac OS X will soon make the move to the more demanding server market. The new Parallels Server software currently is in alpha ...