SWsoft, a provider of both operating system and hardware virtualization products, has an interesting whitepaper titled "Top Ten Considerations for Choosing a Server Virtualization Technology". This ...

Rather than starting with server virtualization and looking up the technology stack, Oracle starts at the business application and looks down. In this way, Oracle can align its portfolio of business ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft added the hypercall API for the Viridian hypervisor to the Open Specification Promise, a designation aimed at encouraging third party development which applies to a handful of ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp released the latest version of its Windows operating system for powerful servers on Wednesday, thrusting itself into the red-hot market for virtualization technology ...

Solution providers are turning server virtualization, one of the fastest-growing segments of the IT market, into their very own gravy train. "Server consolidation and IT optimization [are] hot," said ...

Microsoft last week stepped into the virtualization market dominated by VMware with the introduction of Virtual Server 2005. The product, which it acquired from Connectix in 2003, allows network ...

Server virtualization through the use of software products such as VMware has been implemented to varying degrees in corporate IT, with some successful and some not-so-successful outcomes. This year, ...

Tara worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 13 years and served as executive editor of the full suite of CDW Tech magazines until 2019. She enjoys learning about new technology and ...

A little-known, Boston-area startup is beta-testing technology designed to let users quickly configure “virtual” multiprocessor systems out of inexpensive PC machines. Called Katana Technology, the 30 ...

The technology was reborn for other platforms in 1999, with the first version of VMware for desktop PCs. In 2001, VMware released the first server versions of its product, supporting Windows and Linux ...

VMware, which created x86 server virtualization and is the dominant player in the market, is absolutely on fire. When EMC bought the company in 2003, VMware revenues were around $100 million a year.