Then you have lightweight operating systems that, despite not bearing the most gorgeous UIs, are perfect for resource-starved ...

(1) A synonym for a language interpreter. See interpreter, Java Virtual Machine and Python. (2) Software that enables a different operating system and applications to run in a computer along with the ...

Carlos Soto is an award-winning reviewer and journalist with 20 years of experience covering technology and business within various sectors and industries. State and local agencies should harness the ...

The Supreme Court’s order puts the 2-1 ruling blocking the map on hold at least until after the high court issues a final ...

With the recent initial public offering of VMware Inc. being greeted with a resounding cheer from investors, it’s clear that virtualization is increasingly important to businesses. Corporations are ...

Here's how to use the Failover Cluster Manager to make virtual machines fault tolerant or to create new virtual machines. One of the biggest disadvantages to running Hyper-V on standalone ...

Hewlett-Packard is set to deliver a new blade that will quadruple the virtual desktops that can be deployed from one server compared to the company’s previous offerings. The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 ...

This is the final segment of a three part article that looks at the impact of server virtualization on data center management, security and compliance and suggests best practices to control and manage ...

(1) See server virtualization. Contrast with virtual host. (2) A virtual machine environment from Microsoft for Windows servers. See Microsoft Virtual Server. (3) Multiple servers that appear as one ...

If you want to back up virtual machines, the options may seem confusing. Methods used to back up virtual machines have evolved rapidly over the past couple of years, from an analogue of traditional ...

Virtualization, as the name suggests, involves the creation of a make-believe version of a computer or its constituent resource, like a storage device, server, etc., within a physical computer. The ...