This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Performance management has ...

Performance isn't a simple resource to allocate, rather it is the result of a complex function of non-linear interactions between contentious clients -- and virtualization adds complications with ...

In part one of this series, we looked at selecting an enterprise virtualization platform, and at some of the benefits gained. In part two we looked at some of the challenges involved in selecting ...

“Just as Fusion-io revolutionized storage by integrating flash in the server to bring performance closer to enterprise applications, enabling virtualization-aware caching is a significant breakthrough ...

Just like with the SPEC.ORG and TPC.ORG server benchmarks, a number of tests for virtualization performance are emerging. Most server benchmarks are designed to measure the performance of a single ...

As a recent article on ITBusinessEdge.com shows, virtualization is taking over in a big way. This technology allows better use of system resources by allowing multiple operating environments on a ...

Last year, when I did my comparison of virtualization apps for OS X, many readers told me they wished I’d done more extensive performance testing. So this year, when I decided to compare the latest ...

When hordes of IT administrators descend on the VMworld 2012 conference next week they will be treated to the latest and greatest in all-things virtualization. But as compelling as that may be, most ...

Parallels has released version 5.0 of their "Desktop" virtualization package for Mac. Lets hope this solution's graphics enhancements fare better than those in VMWare's latest version of Fusion.