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The Virtualization Paradox Not too long ago a few software engineers figured out that a server running a single application is wasteful because a significant amount of power is consumed by the server, yet only a small fraction of the processing capability is being used. Today one of the many reasons IT departmen... Aug. 29, 2008  Reads: 1,995

The Role of the Network in Virtualization Virtualization is becoming an increasingly important concept, not only to IT staffs, but to CIOs and line-of-business managers as well. Aspects of the 'new economy' that contribute to the need for virtualization range from a globally distributed workforce of users who expect more contr... Apr. 28, 2008  Reads: 6,317

Virtualization News Round-Up BEA Systems has announced the delivery of BEA Virtualization 2.0 - the completion of BEA's Java application virtualization offering. BEA Virtualization 2.0 includes WebLogic Server Virtual Edition (WLS VE) and is designed to allow enterprise Java applications to run as self-contained s... Mar. 17, 2008  Reads: 3,405

Virtualization, Server and Storage Technology Update: Assets, Anyone? In the world of finance, investments are regularly measured by performance. If an investment isn't making money, the basic rule is make a change, and quickly. Consider a stock purchased for a dollar. If you bought that stock, and it became obvious that the value was going down rather t... Mar. 10, 2008  Reads: 2,849

Virtualization & the Evolution of the Data Center The early 1980s marked a revolution in the chip industry. System architecture shifted from the board level to the chip level, making it possible to compile a chip. The data center is undergoing a similar evolution that will enable organizations to compile their dream data center. How? ... Mar. 8, 2008  Reads: 3,524

V Is for Venture and for Virtualization When back in 2005 we asked our globe-girdling network of industry executives, enterprise architects, software engineers, technology evangelists, analysts, and VCs to pinpoint what they thought the Next Big Thing would be, only one respondent singled out Virtualization and that was soft... Feb. 27, 2008  Reads: 5,770

What Is SOA and Service-Oriented Virtualization? Server virtualization provides an immediate reduction in hardware and configuration cost. But in focusing merely on the hardware side of virtualization, are we leaving money on the table? While organizations can reduce the number of boxes they need, and save the cost of replicating ser... Jan. 4, 2008  Reads: 7,909

Using 'Containers' Virtualization Versus Physical Servers Although I am somewhat of a new user of containers virtualization technology, I thought I'd write a short article giving an overview about using containers virtualization instead of dedicated physical servers for people thinking about trying virtualization technology - especially 'cont... Nov. 7, 2007  Reads: 4,162