Server consolidation: Applications running on servers typically use less than 20 percent of the available capacity. Server virtualization allows multiple VMs to run on the same physical server, thus ...

IT in the enterprise is as much about technology as it is about people, processes, and business needs. In a five-part series, we will cover some of the challenges faced when trying to design and ...

One topic hotly debated throughout the history of server virtualization is that of hyperthreading. Some claim that hyperthreading can increase a VMware host's performance, while others claim that ...

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Although VMware got its start with a desktop virtualization product aimed at developers, the company today is best known for bringing server virtualization to the mainstream. Creating multiple virtual ...

Virtualization giant VMware is partnering with market-leading public cloud provider Amazon Web Services to offer a version of VMware’s virtualization technology as a service. Dubbed VMware Cloud on ...

VMware is the kingpin of virtualization, but the game is changing fast and Microsoft is baking the technology into the very core of many products. Which company has the best approach? By Bogomil ...