Article: Going virtual: the next great data solution can increase efficiency and save energy, but it's still evolving.([Q1] TECH REPORT)

IBM came up with the concept of virtualization in the 1960s, but it's only truly sprouted wings in real-world data centers of the 21st century.

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Today, these virtual machines--essentially hardware simulated by software running on another piece of hardware--have evolved since their incubation at Big Blue, blurring once-clear technological lines.

The big player in today's virtualization software market, VMware (NYSE: VMW), offers hardware-agnostic enterprise software that runs directly on a server without requiring an underlying operating system. Storage can be virtualized, as can networks and video adapters, and you can run ...

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