ServerWatch: The Hows and Whys of Server Virtualization | Linux Today

ServerWatch: The Hows and Whys of Server Virtualization

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 1, 2006

“Each year brings a fresh whirl of tech buzzwords. Terms like
‘proactive,’ ‘360-degree view’ and ‘information life cycle
management’ have all been in vogue in recent history. This year,
the technology de jour is ‘virtualization,’ a topic that has more
than just hype behind it and has broken through into the
mainstream.

“The concept behind server virtualization is not new, however.
IBM has been creating virtual machines on its mainframes since the
1960s…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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