Practical X86-virtualization, as pioneered by VMware, has profoundly changed IT, in a way that no other technology advance has ever done before. Once perfected, the insertion of a thin virtualization ...

While the advantages of virtualization are widely acknowledged with regard to servers, desktops and storage devices, this is also leading military organizations to examine how virtualization can be ...

Telecom and internet service providers have turned to faster networking technology—whether it be 5G, DOCSIS 4.0 or fiber-optic cables—to boost sales and profitability. But even with these new network ...

While virtual servers have proven a boon in the data center, they don’t address the challenge of incrementally adding server capacity and automatically distributing load across them. As a result, the ...

Relative to the impact of server virtualization on the WAN, the good news is that unto itself, server virtualization does not put additional traffic onto the enterprise WAN. However, many IT ...

It's usually the case that we try and minimize the amount of latency in our datacenter. However, recently I had the opportunity to design a troubleshooting and performance optimization class for ...

How to create VirtualBox networks with the Host Network Manager Your email has been sent Jack Wallen walks you through the process of creating virtual networks with VirtualBox so you can test guest ...

With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualization is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you? While the benefits of virtual machines on ...

A network that recognizes virtual machine (VM) instances. Embodied in VM-aware network switches, when a virtual machine instance is migrated to a different server, a virtualization-aware network is ...

Imagine that you need to add 20 new servers to your data center posthaste. Your first thought is to purchase 20 more boxes and chain them to your existing server farm, but your budget's too tight. Why ...

(1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions (separate "virtual machines") within a single server. Widely used in enterprise and cloud computing datacenters, each virtual machine (VM) ...