Virtualization is moving beyond servers to desktop computers, storage, appliances and security. Here's a rundown of where big players like VMware, Microsoft and Citrix Systems stand today and a look ...

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This is the first installment in a three-part series on desktop virtualization. Part II will focus on planning, design, and building a business case, while Part III will examine the TCO and ROI. When ...

IBM Corp. and VMware Inc. are expanding their long-running partnership to better support customers’ information technology modernization initiatives. The companies announced the move today at the ...

I presented virtualization technology as an approach to create an artificial environment that is supported by the ever-increasing performance of processors, memory, storage, networks and the like ...

The new platform lets mobile phone users work with multiple virtual phones at the same time, said Srinivas Krishnamurti, VMware's director of product development management and market development. The ...

I often get asked about the best ways to get up to speed on VMware technology. The truth is that there are many ways, and deciding which way is best really depends on factors such as personal needs, ...

VMware has acquired IP assets and employees from software-defined networking startup PLUMgrid, VMware confirmed to CRN, in an effort partners say will strengthen the company's SDN and container ...

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

Fewer and fewer IT organizations are asking whether they should virtualize systems. The focus is now on how should they leverage virtualization in their environment. The maturation of virtualization ...

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