Application virtualization is one of those technologies that has been around for a little while now, but it just doesn't seem to get the same attention as its older sibling -- server virtualization.

Is SOA a form of application 'virtualization'? Or will the combination of virtualization and SOA result in an out-of-control 'Frankenstein'? There's been plenty written lately about the intersection ...

No matter what kind of applications you're building, best practices for the architecture of those applications across your DevOps lifecycle is always changing as development teams and the industry ...

Have you heard? Thin is “in” again. From VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) to RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to SVS (Software Virtualization Service), the ghosts of thin client computing are being ...

In today's economic climate, manufacturers face increased pressure to control spending without sacrificing their competitive advantages. They cannot afford inefficiencies in areas such as production ...

Having covered over the last several columns the key WAN factors affecting application performance as well as the “chattiness” issues of certain applications, a lot of the history of the Enterprise ...

To increase the ROI of their virtualization efforts, organizations are virtualizing servers that support business-critical applications. While many tools help manage virtual servers, they provide ...

Not long ago server virtualization was IT’s New World, inhabited by a relatively few courageous souls who dared to break the framework of one server per application and one application to server. The ...

The word “architecture” applies to application architecture much as it does to building architecture. There are many different styles of building, homes, office buildings, factories, each requiring ...