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 ...

When organizations rely heavily on databases, virtualization, and analytics to anchor daily operations, picking a server ...

Server virtualization is supposed to save buckets of cash, largely from server reduction. After all, consolidating some 20 physical servers to three host servers means less hardware, power and cooling ...

Many of our past columns have centered on a recurring theme: increasing the value of IT without scaling cost, all while ensuring minimal risk to the business. In keeping with this theme, in this ...

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 many people are familiar with server virtualization, ...

At my site, we're looking at deploying a virtual desktop solution. I think I understand the concepts, but I want to make sure. I need to deliver up to a dozen Windows 7 clients to end users in the ...

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, ...

So in Part 1 of 2 of this article on VDI titled “Microsoft’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (Part 1 of 2)” where I covered the Understanding Where VDI Fits in the Enterprise I gave a background ...

Server virtualization has been around a long time, has come to different classes of machines and architectures over the decades to drive efficiency increases, and has seemingly reached a level of ...

Reading the tea leaves at VMware tell us what we already know: Virtualization will soon be engineered out of the cloud Simeon Simeonov recently posted an intriguing article on the use of ...

To say that server virtualization changes everything is an understatement. In storage though I don't think we understand or give credit to just how much of a game changer storage virtualization really ...

With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft is now in the VDI game, although quite frankly I’ve sat through sales pitches by VMware reps talking about how VDI is the “way to go” for the ...