Virtualization is something that has been around for quite a long time. It has been a staple of the mainframe world for well over 30 years. It has been part of the midrange systems world for over 20 ...

Virtualization is one of my favorite topics. I often write about how it's a silver-bullet solution to a lot of problems. For example, I just mentioned yesterday how, if the vendor of your favorite ...

As virtualization software continues to evolve, so do the options for network specialists, IT managers, CTOs, and CIOs. In order to help make the best decision for your organization, it’s important to ...

Negotiating software licenses for physical machines can be a cumbersome process, but figuring out how to negotiate virtual software licenses is downright confusing. Virtualization software uses a ...

Express Metrix – Over 50 percent of enterprises have adopted virtualization to one degree or another, according to a study by research firm TheInfoPro, making it one of the most rapidly adopted ...

Editor’s note: In this, the first of Peter H. Salus’s articles, he explains virtualization with an unusual metaphor, puts it in historical context, and suggests some often-overlooked benefits.

Virtual software appliances are applications — mostly server ones, at this point — that come to users prepackaged with a thin operating system layer. Essentially virtual machines (VM) created by ...

Virtual PCs have important uses, such as providing a dedicated environment for testing new applications or enabling the parallel operation of multiple operating systems. But the virtualization ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The retailer rolls out Microsoft's Hyper-v technology to 1,700 stores, giving the software giant's cloud computing a boost. Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from Seattle and focuses on ...

Most modern computers are powerful enough to run entire operating systems within your main operating systems, which means virtual machines are more commonplace today than ever. Here’s a look at the ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. In one of our recent articles we have explored the benefits of Light Virtualization (LV). This is a unique software technology that sandboxes whole ...