Many IT professionals think of virtualization in terms of virtual machines (VM) and their associated hypervisors and operating-system implementations, but that only skims the surface. An ...

Could a network virtualization platform be built like VMware did for compute? We explain why it's unlikely even though there is business value in doing so.

What defines network virtualization if not the decoupling of network hardware from the software running on top of it (hence, software-defined)?

We explain what is Server Virtualization in cloud computing and the benefits, advantages & disadvantages that accrue from using it.

The need for programmable optimization between physical and virtual networks (overlays), to guarantee SLAs, can be facilitated by network virtualization ...

IBM's Inder Gopal discusses is view that a balanced, high performance, reliable virtualized environment requires a complete array of virtualization technology including virtual processing, virtual ...

A hypervisor is a process that separates a computer’s operating system and applications from the underlying physical hardware. Usually done as software, the hypervisor drives the concept of ...

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) virtualizes these functions. Some people think SDN and NFV are either/or; but because they serve different functions, it is really “and”.

Interop was held in New York last week, and two of the big topics of conversation were network virtualization and software-defined networking (notice how carefully I sidestep whether they are ...

Network-centric computing is creating a revolution in file access and management -- and quickly boosting the bottom line of companies who get on board in the right way.