The FAA is nearly finished with a modernization project that relies heavily on virtual machines to process messages for the National Airspace Data Interchange Network, segmenting data for federal and civil air traffic and bringing legacy functionality and newer IP…
Virtualization and the Game Developer
Games are taxing enough on PC hardware, why would you want to add virtualization’s overhead? Over at Gamasutra, Neil Gower writes that capable, modern-day hardware makes virtualization something game developers should consider for their development environments and all but the…
Virtualization 101: Emulation and Virtualization, Apples and Oranges
For the uninitiated, it may be hard to tell the difference between emulation and virtualization. The overarching concept is similar to a degree, but as you can probably already tell, they are worlds apart when talking about their purpose and…
Virtualization Optimization Guide from AnandTech
Liz van Dijk over at AnandTech has written the first part of a fantastically informative primer on virtualization and the hardware required to run VMs smoothly based on their own first-hand research. A must-read if your shop is eyeing VMware…
Virtuals Machines to Outnumber Physical Servers in EU
Virtualization is poised to help crowd out physical servers in Europe in 2009 according to IDC. iTWire reports: According to IDC the number of server systems shipped with a virtualization platform reached 358,000 units in 2008 and, it says, “the…
Nimbus: Open Source and Virtualization for Data Crunching Clouds
Science Daily has a neat article on Nimbus, a cloud computing platform that the project’s team describes as an “infrastructure-as-a-service” (IaaS). To date, organizations are largely adopting the cloud computing model to offload storage and host applications with Web-based front…
Virtualization Pays Off
…or at least IT managers that have implemented the technology in their datacenters seem to think so. This TechRepublic blog post offers us these encouraging words: Even in these fragile economic times, CIOs are investing in virtualization. A 2008…
Ixia Puts Virtual Server Environments to the Test
Complaints about the lack of visibility into virtual environments are nothing new. It goes without saying that many IT shops will remain reluctant to move more apps onto virtual servers until they have their concerns addressed. You know what that…
Microsoft Also Envisions Cloudy, Virtualized Future
Well, that didn’t take long. VMware made a splash last week by outlining its private cloud vision. Today, Microsoft got in on the act. During the Microsoft Management Summit this week, Microsoft reiterated the role of cloud computing and virtualization…
