Linux-centric organizations have implemented virtualization in higher numbers, more extensively, and are gaining greater benefit from virtualization technology than Windows-centric customers, ...

Not long ago server virtualization was IT’s New World, inhabited by a relatively few courageous souls who dared to break the framework of one server per application and one application to server. The ...

Dramatic cost and agility benefits make server virtualization an essential part of any data center. Here's how to plan, deploy, and maintain a sound virtual infrastructure Few technologies have become ...

This excerpt is from the book, Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches published by Prentice Hall Professional, Oct. 2009, ISBN ...

In the previous installment of the Virtualization Guide, I talked in general ways about the exculsive hardware access privileges that the OS reserves for itself. Now it's time to nuance that picture a ...

Different virtualization approaches (emulation, hypervisor-based, operating system-level) and their pros and cons are outlined. Details of the OS-level virtualization approach are given, using OpenVZ ...

Virtualization is currently a hot topic, along with "the future." But what do discussions of the future usually accomplish in tech? This is an exciting moment for data virtualization. The options ...

While still relatively new in database production environments, virtualization is on the rise. Those that are embracing high levels of virtualization are more likely to be expanding their production ...

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com. Read a full transcript ordownload a copy. Sponsor: HP. The trap of unchecked virtualization complexity can have a stifling effect on the ...