You can create some advanced virtual networks with this nifty tool. Have you tried it? Plus: Upcoming VMware Webinar July 12! Using server virtualization requires that you understand the concepts of ...

I have an odd setup, which seems pretty straight forward to me. I've got a virtual machine host running Linux KVM (Ubuntu Server 14.04). This box has a few NICs. eth0 is tied to br0, and that connects ...

A computer network as we usually visualize it involves various cables (Ethernet, fiber optic, coaxial) connecting to appliances like routers and switches, which direct data packets where they need to ...

In short, OPNsense on Proxmox is the best way to run your network... and yes, I will die on this hill, especially with pfSense out of the picture. I say all of this slightly tongue in cheek, and ...

Virtual machines emulate physical computers; they're easy to create and configure, and you can experiment without harming the ...

Microsoft today announced the "general availability" of its Accelerated Networking technology for Azure virtual machines, which is available for use with both Linux- and Windows-based VMs. General ...

For a long time, the prevailing wisdom of the day has been that IT organizations were better off with dumb pipes. After all, the applications should be doing all the management, and the only thing the ...

Virtualization manageability can spiral out of control quickly if the rollout isn’t planned properly and the virtual-machine life cycle taken into account; tools from companies like Fortisphere and ...

A recent film ignited a new generation of armchair epistemologists when it proposed that we could be living inside an elaborate computer simulation. While your philosophy major friends were quick to ...

Microsoft today announced the "general availability" of its Accelerated Networking technology for Azure virtual machines, which is available for use with both Linux- and Windows-based VMs. General ...