Forrester : Server Virtualization

Server Virtualization

This term refers to the separation of the logical elements of a server and their function, CPU and memory, physical storage and the intervening input/output (I/O) paths from physical instantiation, and the ability to manage the associations between these elements to provide the basic list of capabilities through a nondisruptive process.

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Report: Vendor Landscape: Software-Defined Data Centers
September 1, 2016Robert Stroud, Richard Fichera
To meet needs arising from the unprecedented acceleration of the digital business, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are shifting their attention from physical infrastructure to ...
For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
Report: TechRadar™: BT Infrastructure, Q2 2016
May 9, 2016Andre Kindness, Robert Stroud, J. P. Gownder, Michele Pelino, Richard Fichera, Dave Bartoletti
Software has turned the infrastructure world upside down. Hardware speeds and feeds no longer dominate infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals' criteria; they know that the fastest pac...
For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
Report: The Software-Defined Data Center Is The Future Of Infrastructure Architecture
March 18, 2016Richard Fichera, Robert Stroud
Traditional data center thinking must end. Better automation tools, container abstractions, software-defined networks, and composable infrastructure stacks have ushered in a software-defined dat...
For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
Report: Brief: VMworld 2015 Reveals A Disruptor In Transition
October 1, 2015Lauren E. Nelson, Dave Bartoletti, Charlie Dai, David K. Johnson, Andre Kindness, Christopher Mines
VMware recently revealed the direction that it's heading at its annual VMworld conference. In 2013, VMware announced its pursuit of three complementary product strategies for the BT agenda: 1) e...
For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
Report: The Forrester Wave™: Server-Hosted Virtual Desktops (VDI), Q3 2015
September 18, 2015David K. Johnson
In Forrester's 26-criteria evaluation of server-hosted virtual desktop vendors, we identified the seven most significant software providers — Citrix, Dell, Listeq, Microsoft, Nimboxx, Orac...