(1) See server virtualization. Contrast with virtual host. (2) A virtual machine environment from Microsoft for Windows servers. See Microsoft Virtual Server. (3) Multiple servers that appear as one ...

Top 6 desktop as a service (DaaS) providers: Amazon, Citrix and more Your email has been sent Desktop as a service adoption lags behind on-premise VDI, but the popularity of cloud-hosted desktops is ...

In Part 1 of this series on virtual private servers (VPS), we looked at the rationale behind going virtual. In this installment, we take you through some of the details involved in getting up and ...

Server virtualization excites both industry watchers and IT managers looking to get more out of the infrastructure they have and build dynamic data centers that can more quickly respond to business ...

Virtualization is all the rage. By using virtualization technologies users can eliminate multiple physical servers and get the processing power they need from fewer boxes. That’s the idea anyway. But ...

Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced new servers that come pre-configured with Microsoft software to help companies deploy virtualized workloads more quickly. HP’s VirtualSystem for Microsoft includes ...

Virtualization in the form of the use of virtual machine software isn’t the panacea that many seem to believe. While the use of this technology is very helpful if an organization’s goal is ...

Virtual servers may make the utilization of physical servers more efficient, but that efficiency comes with a price. The physical servers that support VMs (virtual machines) have to be more powerful.

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 ...

Late to the virtualization game, Microsoft has been running several lengths behind the competition in this space for years. However, the new features and strong performance present in Windows Server ...