Virtualization helps overcome the limitations of traditional test systems. By consolidating multiple PCs into a single ...

Google has confirmed that its project to run Chrome OS alongside Android was just a fun proof of concept. The company needed something to demonstrate the enhanced virtualization capabilities of ...

Virtualization is as cutting-edge as any technology you'll find in IT today. Products are released every day that are so new that they are, essentially, inventions. VMware Inc. CEO Paul Maritz ...

Virtualization companies, unwilling to see core products become a mere operating system feature, are signing deals to build them into hardware. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Precipitated by the much-hyped debut of new multi-core chip architectures and an increased focus on energy savings, the concept of server virtualization software has evolved in recent months to become ...

Hypervisors often get overlooked as a technology in favor of the flashier concept of virtualization, but you can’t get to the fun of virtualization until you understand what a hypervisor does within a ...

In the previous installment of the Virtualization Guide, I talked in general ways about the exculsive hardware access privileges that the OS reserves for itself. Now it's time to nuance that picture a ...

Mac OS X only offers a few virtualization apps, but the competition is strong. We've chosen Parallels as our favorite thanks to its excellent performance, ease of use, and fantastic Mac-specific ...

Recently I wrote a detailed article on using VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop on the Mac. These two programs are virtualization solutions—they allow one “host” operating system (Mac OS X) to run ...