1606, 2017

Dispelling the myths about containers

By |June 16, 2017|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , , |

Business owners barely had time to acquaint themselves with virtualization before the next trend stormed onto the scene. Although container and virtualization applications both allow users to divvy up software and hardware more efficiently, containers have many advantages over virtualized machines. There are a number of misunderstandings though, and it’s [...]

1705, 2017

Windows Server 2016 and virtualization

By |May 17, 2017|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , , |

Virtualization is a great way to save money and increase the efficiency of your existing IT hardware, but how exactly do you implement a virtualization solution? There are several vendors that provide software solutions, but there’s one almost everyone has already worked with: Microsoft. In its latest operating system release [...]

2804, 2017

What is virtual “sandboxing”?

By |April 28, 2017|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , |

Virtualization comes with several benefits for small- and medium-sized businesses. One of the most important is cybersecurity, but even within that subset are several strategies for protecting your organization. One of such strategy is referred to as sandboxing, and it’s worth learning about. What is sandboxing? Sandboxing is one of [...]

2012, 2016

Containers Vs. VMs: performance variations

By |December 20, 2016|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , |

Virtual containers have incrementally increased the ability of users to create portable, self-contained kernels of information and applications since the technology first appeared in the early 2000s. Now, containers are one of the biggest data trends of the decade -- some say at the expense of the virtual machine (VM) [...]

2610, 2016

Virtualization containers 101

By |October 26, 2016|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , |

There is a trend toward the use of ‘containers’ as a virtualization strategy within the IT world. And it's one that seems to be gaining popularity. Virtual containers work in similar fashion to shipping containers, which have made transport of bulky goods uncomplicated and uniform. Every small- and medium-sized business [...]

1110, 2016

Microsoft Edge browser becomes more secure

By |October 11, 2016|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , |

Microsoft’s Edge browser has enhanced its security features with new virtualization protocols. By running the browser inside a virtual container, it keeps web content totally separate from the Edge browser and your hard drive. Although it's a much smaller scale than what we are used to seeing out of Microsoft’s [...]

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