I noted last month that embedding the code for server virtualization directly into the hardware, something called an embedded hypervisor, hasn't taken off to any significant degree. Rather, most IT ...

Hypervisors are just the skirmish before the virtualisation war proper, according to vendors and analysts, with virtualisation management set to pull in the big money in years to come. In recent times ...

Server virtualization has been around a long time, has come to different classes of machines and architectures over the decades to drive efficiency increases, and has seemingly reached a level of ...

The bare-metal hypervisor, also known as a Type 1 hypervisor, is desktop virtualization software that is installed directly onto the PC’s hardware. But the technology is in its infancy — even big ...

Who knew that Microsoft would one day run software you didn't have to pay for ...

I recently had an involved discussion with Robert C. McCammon, Vice President of Product Management of Open Kernel Labs, about the need for hypervisor technology, that is virtual machine software, on ...

Desktop hypervisors offer companies a way to run multiple operating systems, and the applications tied to them, on a single client machine. Common use cases would be support staff, help desk and ...

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools and the latter are often pressed into service in different ways, say nothing of the fact that the ...

Desktop virtualization is hot — ask any IT pundit. But it can also be confusing, because the market contains a variety of server- and client-based technologies for creating virtual desktops. Virtual ...