The term “virtualization” has been around for ages, and it’s often thrown around by some of the most notable industry giants, such as AMD, Intel, Microsoft, Sun and more. But do you know what it is, ...

Application virtualization is one of those technologies that has been around for a little while now, but it just doesn't seem to get the same attention as its older sibling -- server virtualization.

Application virtualization is using special tools to "encapsulate" an application allowing it to run in an enhanced way. The application may run in an isolated environment that makes it possible for ...

Virtualization is a hot topic in today’s demanding “get-more-for-less”business environment. Consolidating numerous computer systems so theyrun efficiently on fewer servers is a standard operating ...

We've been watching the industry, as a whole, move from a focus on physical system performance, reliability, availability, cost, power consumption or some other attribute, to speaking about how ...

Hardware virtualization is hot right now, there is no question about it. And with everyone buzzing and talking about "virtualization" in general, hardware virtualization is still getting the lion's ...

VMware is by far the market leader for server virtualization, with competitors Microsoft and Citrix far behind. But when one expands the market to include application virtualization, the race gets ...

Virtualization has changed the way you deploy, test and recover operating system images. Now think about doing the same thing for an application. The application itself is virtualized, so it never ...

Server virtualization gets most of the glory, but it’s application virtualization that may ultimately have a more significant impact on enterprise IT architectures, supporting new modes of business ...