Application virtualization is the concept of running application software from a remote server, rather than a user’s computer. The remote server can be an organization-owned server or a server ...

The rumors from earlier this spring turned out to be true: Microsoft is licensing its application virtualization technology to hosting providers, setting the stage for hosters to offer third-party ...

Despite rumors to the contrary, virtualization is not just for the datacenter. From the most complex workstation applications to the simplest DLLs, virtualization is leaving an indelible mark on ...

To increase the ROI of their virtualization efforts, organizations are virtualizing servers that support business-critical applications. While many tools help manage virtual servers, they provide ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) spends significant amounts of money addressing software obsolescence and compatibility across the enterprise. Obsolescence is driven by lack of vendor support as ...

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High Availability (HA) is a topic with a great deal of history. Different approaches have been used over time to make sure applications, services, databases, networks, and storage remain available and ...

Cloud infrastructure providers like Amazon Web Service sell virtual machines. EC2 revenue is expected to surpass $1B in revenue this year. That's a lot of VMs. It's not hard to see why there is such ...

To understand what HA solutions best fit your environment, you need to understand their history and how they've evolved. High Availability (HA) is a topic with a great deal of history. Different ...