By running services in secure, isolated virtual machines, VMWare software helps save money while gaining greater flexibility and control over computing resources. An important innovation in the field of grid computing, and also in a climate of...
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.
VMware and several business partners have begun an initiative called the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Alliance to try to replace individual PCs with virtual machines on a much smaller number of servers.
The technology's initial advantage is to let administrators load up a server more efficiently but virtualisation in the longer run also holds promise for reliability and flexibility because virtual machines can be moved from one computer to...
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 remains to be seen whether it's a market (in which) VMware will be willing and interested to make the investments to really make this into a rock-solid production product. Replay lets VMware's software log the actions of software running in a...