Coming out of VMworld, I've run into many people who've been convinced that operating systems are becoming an endangered species and that shortly they'll be replaced by virtual machine software. I ...

If you want to run a different operating system on your computer than what came preinstalled, check out the best virtualization software we've tested. I've been writing about software and hardware for ...

Using virtualization to run multiple operating systems on a single physical computer was once mainly the domain of ubergeeks and IT administrators, but these days small businesses are showing interest ...

Kevin Pedretti, lead researcher for Sandia National Laboratories’ virtual external operating system program, uses his laptop computer to inspect a virtual machine experiment running on Sandia’s Red ...

This excerpt is from the book, Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches published by Prentice Hall Professional, Oct. 2009, ISBN ...

Operating system virtualization software Virtuozzo from SWsoft is growing fastest among all vendors -- 98 percent -- in the hot overall market for virtualization technology, according to industry ...

As interesting as virtual client system and virtual server systems are, they're not the panacea that some in the industry present when speaking about their products. Why is it that when I speak to a ...

A virtual machine is a computing resource that uses software instead of a physical computer to run programs and deploy applications. It operates by running one or more virtual “guest” machines on a ...

The company's press release began with "Robin Systems, the first Application Virtualization software company, …" <cue sound of vehicle coming to screeching halt>. I was taken aback by the claims of ...

The increasing use of virtualization has blurred the lines between physical and virtual worlds, creating a new issue for buyers and sellers of computer software: Software licensing as we know it is ...

Last week’s LinuxWorld Conference in Boston was the locus of several important announcements. Again, virtualization was front and center. In no particular order: * XenSource announced XenEnterprise.