Linux can be had for free, but the real cost savings to enterprises stem from its greater propensity to be virtualized. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, ...

Stratus Redundant Linux 3.0 and Stratus everRun 8.0 deepen support for open platforms, simplify edge infrastructure management, and deliver up to 30% increase in OS performance MAYNARD, ...

Server virtualization technologies for Linux have advanced at a rapid pace of innovation with VMware and Citrix (Xen) initially leading the way. They are now being joined by significant strategic ...

In Edinburgh, Scotland at the European LinuxCon the Linux Foundation announced that the Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA) is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project. The OVA is dedicated to ...

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a multi-purpose server that has long been popular with Internet Service Providers for various Web-based workloads, but it’s well suited for enterprises as well, and ...

Containers, a different, lightweight take on virtualization, has finally gone mainstream with Linux Containers (LXC) and Docker -- and that spells big changes for server farms, data centers, and the ...

The next wave of virtualization on servers is not going to look like the last one. That is the thinking of Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu Linux project more than a decade ago and head of ...

Virtualization is a buzzword that's been making its way around the corporate IT circles for a few years. On paper, virtualization sounds great—you can make full use of those unused CPU cycles, ...

Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her ...

Red Hat has released a new major version of its flagship server platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The RHEL 6 update brings some noteworthy improvements in key areas like virtualization and ...