In the past few weeks, I've spoken with representatives of JBoss and TIBCO. Both of these companies are proponents of the idea that Web-based applications are best built using an application framework ...

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.

In the last newsletter we discussed the impending perfect storm in which IT organizations implement three key initiatives, each of which are extremely beneficial, and yet end up in a place where for ...

The story: Desktop virtualization is grabbing the headlines, but a wave of acquisitions and new product releases point to success for application virtualization — and heralds a better way to manage ...

A virtual machine is a computing resource that uses software instead of a physical computer to run programs and deploy applications. It operates by running one or more virtual “guest” machines on a ...

SQL Server, a database management system (DBMS) whose function it is to store and retrieve data as directed by business applications, has reached epic proportions in regards to global IT deployment.