Telecom and internet service providers have turned to faster networking technology—whether it be 5G, DOCSIS 4.0 or fiber-optic cables—to boost sales and profitability. But even with these new network ...

Practical X86-virtualization, as pioneered by VMware, has profoundly changed IT, in a way that no other technology advance has ever done before. Once perfected, the insertion of a thin virtualization ...

As the networking industry is being transformed by the next-generation virtualization approach called software-defined networking (SDN), the complementary architectural concept of network functions ...

The trend of virtualization is one of the most powerful forces in technology. Using data abstraction and control, the functions of compute, networking, and storage are being virtualized to create a ...

Virtualization is software that separates a run-time process from the underlying infrastructure that supports the process. Server virtualization, for instance, separates the application from the ...

Over the past year, server virtualization has become a new data center technology du jour. Microsoft, competing head-on with VMware, has its Virtual Server 2005 (which will soon even support Linux).

The technology landscape is operating at a speed of innovation faster than anything we have experienced before. As a result, enterprises are finding it difficult to remain competitive and are seeking ...

Virtualization is one of those technology buzzwords you’ve probably heard before without understanding what it is, how it works, or why it’s important. In a general sense, virtualization is a strategy ...