Linux Server virtualization allows multiple server images to run on top of a single server box, using tools such as VMWare or the open-source Xen virtualization stack. Using a single system’s CPU, ...

Virtualization is a buzzword that's been making its way around the corporate IT circles for a few years. On paper, virtualization sounds great—you can make full use of those unused CPU cycles, ...

IBM last week announced a plan to create “virtual servers” for corporate users connected to mainframes running in its data centers, provided that the users are willing to run applications on a Linux ...

Virtualization has become a fundamental technology in the world of computing, allowing organizations and individuals alike to maximize their hardware resources, improve efficiency, and enhance ...

There are many reasons that enterprises may wish to use Linux desktops within a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) broker. I outlined five of these in a recent article. Now that all major VDI ...

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 ...

With a shrinking IT staff and a flat IT budget, Boscov’s Department Store needed a way to increase the efficiency of deploying Linux virtual servers on its underutilized IBM zSeries mainframe. After ...

Our 1-person SOC from Down Under explains how, as enterprise organizations outside the U.S. increasingly seek alternatives to American public cloud providers, Microsoft is responding with a spectrum ...

Amazon Web Services upped the ante in the cloud price wars Monday by saying it would become the first major public cloud operator to start billing customers by the second for virtual servers and ...