This article covers our experience with the Linux Virtual Server (LVS), a software package that provides traffic distribution on top of Linux. We will explain the architecture, operation and ...

IBM is expanding its “buy-as-you-need” utility approach to Linux on the mainframe. In an announcement today, IBM said it will offer customers capacity as needed by creating virtual Linux servers on ...

Carmine Iannace – manager of IT architecture for Welch Foods, the grape juice maker, in Concord, Mass. – was in a squeeze. The company was running its applications on stand-alone servers and ...

IBM last week announced a plan to create “virtual servers” for corporate users connected to mainframes running in its data centers, provided that the users are willing to run applications on a Linux ...

The first release of VMware Workstation in 1999 marked the birth of simple system virtualization on the x86 architecture. In the years since, VMware has matured, adding significantly to its product ...

Virtualization is a buzzword that's been making its way around the corporate IT circles for a few years. On paper, virtualization sounds great—you can make full use of those unused CPU cycles, ...

New bare-metal hypervisor allows Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux virtual servers to operate side-by-side on Mac server hardware Parallels, known for its cloud services automation and virtualization ...

I've seen some debate about blade servers versus standard architecture server systems for virtualization but there are no definitive answers from any of the so-called experts. I can see the arguments ...

Microsoft this week is scheduled to take its first step into server virtualization with the release of Virtual Server 2005, but the company will face a rash of technological, licensing and support ...