Virtual machine storage is a demanding business. Where once one app server equalled one physical server and the demands on storage were known and predictable, with virtual machines, storage I/O has ...

Traditionally storage systems and other storage related services have been delivered as customized systems. This was done to maintain performance and to reduce support costs to the manufacturers. As ...

Server and desktop virtualisation are key technologies driving forward today’s data centres. They bring huge efficiencies to IT that just weren’t possible in an all-physical world. But, delivering ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

Busy times on the digital storage and memory industry with back-to-back meetings where digital storage plays an important role, including the Flash Memory Summit, Intel Developers Forum, and now ...

Server virtualization rollouts often get stuck after the first wave. That first wave is where you have virtualized most of your easy stuff. Then as the virtual machines begin to proliferate, it occurs ...

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parallels (parallels.com/about), a global leader in cross-platform solutions and creator of the #1-selling software for running ...

The successor to storage virtualization remains largely untested by agencies, but industry experts say the benefits will change that soon enough. With networks and servers becoming software defined, ...

Software as a Service offers irresistible benefits for organizations of all sizes — from cost savings to scalability to mobile accessibility. We offer guidance on avoiding the pitfalls of the cloud ...

Camberley Bates, managing director of analyst firm Evaluator Group, hosted a panel during the COMDEXvirtual conference on how storage performance impacts business' moves to virtualize their IT ...

Like physical servers, you may occasionally find that your Hyper-V virtual machines run low on disk space and need to be provided with extra storage. Assuming that you have physical disk space ...

IBM’s latest software-defined storage product targets data protection for virtual machines. Spectrum Protect Plus uses snapshot technology to provide backup, recovery, and data management in virtual ...