In the post Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology?, I tried to present some of the goals organizations have discussed for why they embarked on the journey to a virtualized environment ...

In a recent discussion, the topic of Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors came up. To some, this is an arbitrary distinction that doesn't matter much as there's already an inherent understanding of what the ...

As the hype about containers has mounted over the past year, it has raised questions about what this technology – which is for packaging applications – means for traditional management and ...

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Virtualization is a well-known concept in networking, from virtual channels in ATM, to virtual private networks, virtual LANs and virtual IP addresses. However, an even more fundamental type of ...

Comparison of security postures for containers and different types of hypervisors. Key measures of software security. Security certifications for virtualization solutions. How to improve the security ...

But an emerging player with a different approach to virtualization says everything we think we know about desktop virtualization is wrong. Zirtu aims to disrupt traditional notions of desktop ...

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 ...

A technology industry standards body is considering setting benchmarks for how virtualization should work in a computer network. The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) this week is forming a ...