It's called 'cloud computing' because when engineers diagram their corporate networks, the symbol that represents the "internet" is a cloud. The cloud was used as a symbol because it represents a ...

Virtualization in cloud computing can reduce the resources and ... Creating more servers with virtualization is simple, but managing them is not quite as easy. This means that generating ...

In my first article I introduced the concept of the virtualization journey. Next, I drilled into the main characteristics of cloud computing. Now I’d like to link them together and illustrate ...

Last week, InfoWorld’s David Linthicum made what I think is a very astute and long overdue observation: The term “cloud computing ... businesses want one very simple thing: to spend less ...

Server virtualization has been a huge win for ... Virtualizing physical computers is the backbone of public and private cloud computing from desktops to data centers, enabling organizations ...

Two of the hottest IT technologies in 2010 are virtualization and cloud computing. Both are heavily evangelized in the industry as the “wave of the future” and the “next big thing.” ...

But cloud computing comes in many forms and can be complicated for businesses to maintain long-term. Fortunately, utilizing virtualization can be a great solution. Virtualization, in fact ...

Server virtualization is one of those technologies that’s simple in concept and profound ... is the underlying technology that enables cloud computing vendors to offer their services.