How to Use virtualization in a Sentence

virtualization

noun
  • For a long time, virtualization was treated as a solved problem.
    — Brian Gruttadauria, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • With the industry shifting, the role of virtualization needs to change.
    — Brian Gruttadauria, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Of course, virtualization and cloud vendors are impacted by rising hardware prices from tariffs, too, which will be passed on to customers.
    — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • These processes were developed 20 years ago, long before the cloud, virtualization or software as a service.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • These models do not align cleanly with legacy virtualization environments.
    — Brian Gruttadauria, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • VMWare's virtualization software is enabler of cloud computing.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Fischer says work on its next-gen NASA lunar rover is proving the vast bandwidth of virtualization and simulation tools.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2026
  • Just as administrators became virtualization experts in the past, today’s infrastructure teams can leverage their existing skills to manage a unified stack.
    — Sam Rastogi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Most security tools ignore the virtualization layer.
    — Austin Gadient, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In response, the researchers outline the potential for 6G network trends—including virtualization, moving network functions to the cloud, and edge computing—to handle the load.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2024
  • Broadcom acquired the virtualization business in November 2023 and made sweeping changes that alienated many customers.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Investors also want to see additional traction in Broadcom’s software business, led by virtualization software provider VMWare.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
  • If Inherent Vice lamented the fading of the 60s, and Bleeding Edge charted the virtualization of the present, Shadow Ticket seems to weep for history itself.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Those still using a 486 for one reason or another will still be able to run older Linux kernels and vintage operating systems—running old software without emulation or virtualization is one of the few reasons to keep booting up hardware this old.
    — Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Nutanix's Prism management interface provides unified visibility across both virtualization and storage layers, preserving a single-pane-of-glass view that reduces operational overhead.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The technical foundation relies on Apple’s virtualization framework, with Claude operating inside a virtual machine that downloads a custom Linux filesystem.
    — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • There’s also Docker and Virtual Machines support with pre-installed containers and virtualization for easy expansion of unlimited applications.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The company launched new AI inference and virtualization services on its cloud platform with Red Hat to help enterprises scale artificial intelligence and modernize IT systems.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom’s pricing of VMware.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
  • This could benefit the lightweight virtualization apps like VirtualBuddy and Viable that mostly exist to provide a front end for the Virtualization framework, as well as virtualization apps like Parallels that offer support for Windows.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • HostArmada puts all its eggs in the virtual machine/virtualization basket, which may impede you from deploying Windows-specific applications, building custom hardware configurations, or running GPU-intensive tasks.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Nutanix Embraces Storage Independence Nutanix built its reputation on hyperconverged infrastructure, where systems tightly bundle compute, storage, and virtualization into appliances managed as a single unit.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • These include BitLocker device encryption, Remote Desktop access, Group Policy management, Hyper-V virtualization, and more.
    — PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Broadcom's 2023 acquisition of VMware fundamentally altered the enterprise virtualization market.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • HostColor reports using Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi and other enterprise virtualization technologies.
    — Nia Bowers, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Designed for both security and usability, Windows 11 Pro includes support for biometric logins, BitLocker encryption, Snap Layouts, and virtualization tools like Hyper-V.
    — PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Disruptive Private Cloud Market As almost anyone following this sector knows by now, the virtualization and private cloud market was disrupted when Broadcom acquired VMware for roughly $60 billion in 2023.
    — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The company also provides hardware products and related software offerings, such as Oracle Engineered Systems, enterprise servers, storage solutions, industry-specific hardware, virtualization software, operating systems, management software, and hardware support services.
    — Adam Sarhan, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Available as bare metal or cloud-based servers, they can be configured with the Microsoft Windows operating system, a Linux distribution, or enterprise virtualization technology such as Proxmox VE or VMware ESXi.
    — Nia Bowers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Windows 11 Pro adds enhanced security and productivity features, including BitLocker encryption, Windows Sandbox, Hyper-V virtualization, and support for Azure AD.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026

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