Could a network virtualization platform be built like VMware did for compute? We explain why it's unlikely even though there is business value in doing so.

VMware’s vSphere virtualization platform is known for its reliability and offers built-in features like High Availability (HA) to ensure that physical server failures have only minor effects on ...

Server virtualization has been with us in Windows computing for about 10 years. During that time, many small businesses have embraced the technology to get more bang for their server buck and also to ...

According to Cisco, when combined with a physical storage model (where the storage the server utilizes is dedicated to that server), overall utilization drops to around 15 percent, compared to virtual ...

What's next after server virtualization? Desktop virtualization There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy.

Unlike server virtualization, storage virtualization has yet to prove it is mature technology with clear payback, Jim Damoulakis points out in his weekly column.

While server virtualization is beneficial, it didn’t abstract storage from the virtual machine, causing inefficiencies and keeping storage provisioning a manual task.

Bill O'Brien takes a looks at the buzz around server virtualization and warns that if something's virtual it only seems to be what it really is.

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 ...

The fleet of servers in the enterprise datacenters of the world – distinct from hyperscalers, cloud builders, and HPC centers – are getting a bit long in the tooth. A massive upgrade cycle is cresting ...