When a computer or an operating system uses software to do anything it normally can’t, the enabling technology tends to get labeled “virtualization.” Well, don’t believe everything you read (except ...

Virtualization is the backbone of modern cloud computing, allowing multiple virtual systems to run on a single physical ...

Virtualization was the big topic at last week's Interop event in New York City as vendors and enterprise IT architects alike tout the ability of virtualized environments to reduce costs, improve ...

As the network has become the center of the IT infrastructure, it has created often-unanticipated benefits that are helping to drive productivity and new capabilities in the workplace. One of those ...

There are four major steps on the road to a flexible data center: consolidation, standardization, virtualization and utility. There are four major steps on the road to a flexible data center: ...

A technology industry standards body is considering setting benchmarks for how virtualization should work in a computer network. The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) this week is forming a ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. CIOs of modern-day data centers are concerned about elasticity, agility, end-to-end guarantees in the ...

I don't think that we understand the profound implications of virtualization, probably because we've focused on two very narrow applications. What's a "virtual" thing look like? Answer: Nothing.

Extra processing power also lets users multitask more effectively. For example, one core could be used for surfing the Web, while the second core is handling an anti-virus scan. (Processor affinity ...

In my post last week, I reviewed five technologies I’m thankful for. As I mulled over what to include, I strongly considered not putting virtualization on the list. I’m thankful for it, but it’s ...

Most games I know of that run through a virtualization layer do so through DOSBox, seems to be what's normally packed with games from Good Old Games and whatnot. I'm not interested in DOS games, more ...