OK, since nothing truly meets the eye in virtualization, my headline may seem unnecessary, but there’s a subtle truth behind it. We see “virtualization” (the creation of a simulated computing ...

What's the common ground between SOA and virtualization? Both SOA and virtualization deal with abstraction of resources from across the network, and offer technology neutral interfaces removed from ...

As a processor guy, I mostly cover the low-level hardware aspects of virtualization. But through my writing on the topic, I end up coming into contact with a wide variety of folks who either work for ...

In the last year or two we have seen virtualization go from a poorly understood concept to a much-hyped industry buzzword being bantered about constantly in every conversation involving technology.

Through my work with Unisphere Research (Information Today Inc.), I recently wrote a study on "total enterprise virtualization" for SHARE, the independent user group for large IBM systems. The results ...

How storage virtualization technologies allow you to keep pace with ever-increasing storage requirements while maintaining high availability and service levels In just a few short years, storage ...

To fulfill the promise of big data, you need to abstract data from its underpinnings -- at both the data and infrastructure layers Big data in the cloud has so many potential functional service layers ...

These days, the storage demands of users and applications are spiraling out of control in many enterprises. Additional disks and storage subsystems are frequently implemented to meet demands. But ...