To help meet the demands of increasingly complex business software, Intel introduced its "VT-x" virtualization technology, letting you run multiple operating systems on a single microprocessor chip.

AMD made real its virtualization technology as the chip maker unveiled its "Pacifica" specification, a computer processor design aimed at enhancing virtualization with 64-bit servers and other clients ...

Virtualization has had a beneficial impact on data centers for years, changing the way organizations run and manage their servers, desktops and infrastructure management. It's probably the single most ...

As we look beyond 2020 we can see a world where a cloud utility model will turn broadcasting into a software driven business—often with the leading broadcasters becoming Broadcast Orchestrators in a ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft added the hypercall API for the Viridian hypervisor to the Open Specification Promise, a designation aimed at encouraging third party development which applies to a handful of ...

Fewer and fewer IT organizations are asking whether they should virtualize systems. The focus is now on how should they leverage virtualization in their environment. The maturation of virtualization ...

Although a few goals stand out because they are cited again and again by organizational decision-makers, there are as many hopes and dreams for virtualization adoption as there are organizations. One ...

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In recent years, broadcasters have been increasingly lured towards cloud playout solutions, giving them a simpler and more affordable way to manage live channels, while enabling scalability for being ...

Just when you thought it was safe to understand virtualization, along comes micro-virtualization. Actually it’s not hard to understand at all and what it could do for Microsoft Windows (other ...

Server virtualization brings real benefits to the data center, but virtualization technology is a long way from Plug-and-Play -- to unlock those benefits effectively, an IT staff requires the ...

It’s hard, in an economy that finds bottom and then wallows there, to say that a particular set of IT skills is in extremely high demand. Recruiters acknowledge that amide layoffs and slashed IT ...