Now, with network virtualization, new types of load balancers are helping not only with traffic control, but DR and HA as well. Tools like Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) ...

One thing I have to admit is that I definitely have a full glass of the virtualization kool-aid. I have had the opportunity to work on some pretty large scale virtualization projects, and from a ...

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.

From its genesis in x86-based servers, virtualization technology has spread rapidly into storage and the network. Today, it's at your desktop, in your processors and memory, and in your switches.

With new proposed standards, virtualization is moving from the server world to the network itself ...

The key that makes a setup like this work is virtualization. Although modern software makes it seem otherwise , not every piece of software needs an eight-core processor and 32 GB of memory.

One solution they are turning to is network functions virtualization (NFV), which can lower the costs of building networks. The Past And Present Of NFV NFV was introduced in 2012 and created a lot ...

VMware continues to push its plan to virtualize the whole data center, with the general availability of its network virtualization platform, and desktops too with the acquisition of desktop-as-a ...