Nearly half of global virtualization projects are unsuccessful, this according to an independent global study which surveyed 800 organizations from around the world. The study, commissioned by ...

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When you’re in the home lab ecosystem, you’re bound to come across cool-sounding technical jargon. For instance, there are high-availability clusters that can add more fault tolerance to your ...

Capable of running entire operating systems in isolated environments, virtual machines have a lot of utility for tinkerers. If you’re a fan of distro-hopping, you can spin up VMs to try out some fun ...

From its genesis in x86-based servers, virtualization technology has spread rapidly into storage and the network. Today, it’s at your desktop, in your processors and memory, and in your switches. It’s ...

There is an ongoing debate about what type of storage is best to use to support desktop virtualization solutions, especially in small to medium sized implementations. Storage is one of the most ...

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The data centers that support virtualization can be complex enough to kill many projects, but some smart planning can lead to greater success. (Stock image) There's a crisis brewing in federal ...

John Mount’s attitude toward server and desktop virtualization couldn’t be more enthusiastic. “If we can virtualize it, we will,” says Mount, senior director of information systems infrastructure at ...

New survey results point to virtualization as a key driver for WAN optimization deployments. A big thanks to those readers who have shared their predictions for WAN optimization in 2010. Beginning ...