A German researcher at the University of Marburg has uncovered a security flaw in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The flaw is a bug in Microsoft's bytecode verifier. According to Princeton University's Secure Internet Programming (SIP) unit...
Intel Virtualization Technology - code-named Vanderpool and now emerging in server processors - accelerates some operations and makes it possible to run Windows on Xen without modifications to Windows that otherwise would be necessary.
We've made a long-term commitment to make sure that non-Windows operating systems can be run in a supported manner, both on top of Virtual Server and our future virtualization products," said Zane Adam, director of Windows Server product marketing...
Customers can only transfer the copy of Windows once, including a transfer from one physical machine to a virtual machine, or from a virtual machine on one PC to a virtual machine on another PC. Boettcher said Microsoft has heard some concerns...
The features will be included in a future version of Viridian, formally called Windows Server Virtualization, the company said. In a blog posting, the general manager of virtualization strategy at Microsoft, Mike Neil, said the company is making...
IT managers should put in place systems to verify that virtual appliances haven't been modified, including systems that check open-source virtual Just Enough Operating Systems (JEOS) and Microsoft's Hyper-V appliance.