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What defines network virtualization if not the decoupling of network hardware from the software running on top of it (hence, software-defined)?
Many IT professionals think of virtualization in terms of virtual machines (VM) and their associated hypervisors and operating-system implementations, but that only skims the surface. An ...
Network-based storage virtualization If you think the abstraction offered by virtualized arrays give storage administrators a lot of flexibility, you haven’t seen anything yet.
A virtual network is based on the same principles. Software is configured to emulate a network with the specific topography desired by its administrators.
To understand why, we must first understand network virtualization and why, after years spent as the ‘poor relation’ to the more popular server virtualization, it is now having such a large impact on ...
Virtualization is a well-known buzzword, but what, exactly, is a virtual machine (VM)? Believe it or not, it's just a disk file. A very large, very specialized disk file. Mind you, this disk file ...
Network-centric computing is creating a revolution in file access and management -- and quickly boosting the bottom line of companies who get on board in the right way.
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After server and desktop virtualization, network virtualization is the next area of the data centre to adopt the technology. It isn’t going easy in enterprises, though, in part because the parts ...
Network virtualization demand Despite the obvious issues network virtualization attempts to address, network virtualization is still on a ‘slow burn’. Take up has been hampered by a lack of real need ...