Virtualization watchers have speculated for years when Microsoft would throw a low-cost blow at arch-rival VMware in the desktop virtualization fight. This week, Microsoft delivered the punch via a ...

Edge computing is transforming industries by enabling businesses to process data closer to its source, improving efficiency, speed and reliability. However, managing edge environments comes with its ...

Virtualization may offer a significant advantage to Linux in the decade-old debate over Linux vs. Windows total cost of ownership (TCO). A new Gabriel Consulting Group survey (PDF) of mostly ...

Server virtualization and desktop virtualization can squeeze significant capital and operational costs out of an IT budget. But Jack Wilson, enterprise architect at Amerisure, has a tip for IT ...

In this entry we continue our series on Desktop Virtualization and the challenges it creates for the storage infrastructure. Today we focus on the problem of cost. As I mentioned in the opening entry ...

Virtualization companies, unwilling to see core products become a mere operating system feature, are signing deals to build them into hardware. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Despite the reported benefits of virtualization, a majority of IT managers polled at Interop this week say they experience problems with the technology and don’t always realize the cost benefit. [ ...

If you pay any attention to the IT news, you’ll realize there’s one major theme for this week: desktop virtualization — a theme fueled more by coincidental self-interest than technology. Maybe you’ve ...