Virtualization is something that has been around for quite a long time. It has been a staple of the mainframe world for well over 30 years. It has been part of the midrange systems world for over 20 ...

Microsoft recently made a move to consolidate servers and workstations running Windows, as it consolidated the partitioning market for Intel machines. It acquired many of the assets of Connectix, ...

VMware, whose software lets an Intel server run several operating systems simultaneously, is expanding both its software capabilities and business ambitions. VMware, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif ...

Virtual PCs have important uses, such as providing a dedicated environment for testing new applications or enabling the parallel operation of multiple operating systems. But the virtualization ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Virtual machines were the cock of the walk fifteen years ago, but they have fallen out of favor ...

Most of us are familiar with virtual machines (VMs) as a way to test out various operating systems, reliably deploy servers and other software, or protect against potentially malicious software. But ...