Virtualization, hypervisors, and separation kernels have generated considerable buzz in both the enterprise and embedded marketplaces. In the embedded world, many of these technologies have been ...

Much like Paris Hilton, virtualization has become a headline in the news, yet very few SMB customers know what it does or exactly why it deserves attention. But that is changing as more solution ...

The coming fast growth of the desktop virtualization market has brought out multiple vendors, large and small, looking to gain a foothold and get their share as early as possible. Vendors of desktop ...

Computer system virtualization was first introduced in mainframes during the 1960s and 1970s. Although virtualization remained a largely untapped facility during the 1980s and 1990s, computer ...

Project Independence, co-developed by Citrix and Intel, is now called XenClient. Best of all, the technology is going to be free During Citrix Synergy 2009, the company announced Citrix XenClient, the ...

Microsoft Thursday did something it rarely does. The company released a beta for a long-awaited technology — in this case its Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology Hyper-V — ahead of schedule.

VMware made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, though.

As virtualization software continues to evolve, so do the options for network specialists, IT managers, CTOs, and CIOs. In order to help make the best decision for your organization, it’s important to ...

Maintaining employees' computers is one of the information technology department’s most thankless responsibilities. The desktop and laptop PCs that are fixtures of today’s workplace eat up IT staff ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor With virtualization now a mainstream technology for most large businesses, the big players like EMC (VMWare), IBM and Microsoft are investing heavily in proprietary options for ...

Citrix Systems’ XenClient, its bare-metal hypervisor for desktop virtualization, is a work in progress and will primarily help IT professionals get comfortable with the product, according to company ...