Application virtualization is using special tools to "encapsulate" an application allowing it to run in an enhanced way. The application may run in an isolated environment that makes it possible for ...

As mentioned in my post titled, Virtualization and Green Computing, green computing the industry catch phrase for finding ways to make the most efficient use of computing resources. In this post, I'd ...

To understand what HA solutions best fit your environment, you need to understand their history and how they've evolved. High Availability (HA) is a topic with a great deal of history. Different ...

Application virtualization is one of those technologies that has been around for a little while now, but it just doesn't seem to get the same attention as its older sibling -- server virtualization.

You would be hard-pressed not to hear an IT department talk about virtualization. When virtualization was first born, IT departments went gangbusters using this revolutionary change to get better ...

At least that seems to be the thinking over at SWsoft, which is improving its Virtuozzo container-based server virtualization technology while readying the beta release of a new hypervisor-based ...

In the "old days," office workers used what were called "dumb terminals" – dumb in that the devices were simply conduits to applications and information stored on mainframe computers. Then, mainframes ...

Tony Bishop, CEO of start-up IT consultancy Adaptivity and virtualization go-to guy, explains how to shift from a tactical to a strategic virtualization strategy. As an IT executive at Wachovia, Tony ...

Two years ago, Paul Little, senior architect at Fidelity National Financial in San Diego, faced a crisis. Server hardware and operating system costs were growing out of control as Little struggled to ...

The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of tools available to Microsoft Software Assurance customers that enables IT admins to manage Microsoft environments more effectively.