1. An apparatus to control communications comprising: at least one processor component each comprising at least one processor core; a network interface to couple at least one of the at least one processor component to a network; a virtual switch to be executed by at least one of the at least one processor component, the virtual switch to: analyze contents of at least one packet of a set of packets to be received at the network interface, and route the set of packets through one or more virtual servers of multiple virtual servers based on the contents, the multiple virtual servers to be executed by one or more the at least one processor component; and a transfer component of a first virtual server of the multiple virtual servers to be executed by at least one of the at least one processor component, the transfer component to: determine whether to route the set of packets to the virtual switch or to transfer the set of packets to a second virtual server of the multiple virtual servers in a manner that bypasses the virtual switch based on a routing rule.