A few words in particular strike a chord with IT managers and this week a couple of vendors worked together to hit every one. Not only are the vendors offering a free utility (check out my slideshow ...

Microsoft on Monday said it would remove the price tag from its Virtual Server and begin offering the virtualization technology as a free download to Windows users. Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise ...

With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualization is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you? While the benefits of virtual machines on ...

In Part 1 of this series on virtual private servers (VPS), we looked at the rationale behind going virtual. In this installment, we take you through some of the details involved in getting up and ...

Sandra Gittlen is a freelance journalist and a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Robert Maley, CISO for Pennsylvania, is a fan of server virtualization. The technology ...

(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 are interested in getting started with cloud computing – assembling a series of virtual servers for your enterprise applications that run offsite on a provider’s data center – here are ...

While virtual servers have proven a boon in the data center, they don’t address the challenge of incrementally adding server capacity and automatically distributing load across them. As a result, the ...