Virtualization has its roots in the mainframe era of the 1960s, and is particularly associated with IBM, whose CP-67/CMS was the first commercial mainframe operating system to support a virtual ...

Ben Armstrong is the public face of Microsoft virtualization. Known as the “Virtual PC Guy,” Armstrong has been managing Microsoft’s efforts for years, and knows the past, present and future of ...

Server virtualization can help fight server sprawl, make better use of compute power, curb energy bills, and improve data-center agility and flexibility. Server virtualization is one of those ...

Microsoft's anticipated live migration feature will be in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. To get started, you should read Microsoft's overview and architecture document and follow along with its ...

The growth of the server virtualization software market is driven by the rising demand for efficient IT infrastructure, cost optimization, and improved resource utilization across enterprises.

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.

Server-virtualization software imposes no constraints on the versions of Windows Server operating system (or Linux) that you place in each virtual machine (although a completely new version of Windows ...