VMware has the latest entry in the growing market for software that allows Windows to be run on a Mac.
Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, will invest $218.5 million in virtualization software maker VMware Inc., the companies announced Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/09/2007
North American software developers are expecting to devote less of their efforts toward developing for the Microsoft Windows operating system, with some of the slack being absorbed by Linux and niche operating systems, according to a survey conducted by Evans Data Corp.
Virtualization rocketed to the top of the gotta-have-it technology list a few years ago, primarily as a means of consolidating servers. But since that initial resurgence, vendors have been finding other applications for the technologies that provide a layer of abstraction between hardware systems and the software running on them.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/02/2007
Microsoft's habit of pleading the Fifth on key issues has left some IT pros hanging.
An early look at the next Visual Studio shows better tools integration and more features.
- By Peter Varhol
- 07/01/2007
A new August offering by virtual lab maker Surgient will add support for two key enterprise virtualization products: VMware ESX Server 3 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
Microsoft has done an about-face on virtualization licensing for Windows Vista and decided to maintain the status quo.
No, Microsoft will not be "nicer" next time around. Deal with it.
- By Scott Braden
- 06/15/2007
A key Microsoft virtualization product has gotten an important update.
Altiris has updated its virtualization software to work with Windows Vista. Symantec, which recently acquired Altiris, announced at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Orlando the release of the latest version -- 2.1 -- of its Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS).
Want to toy around with Windows Vista or Vista with Visual Studio 2005 but not pay for them? Microsoft is making it possible through the magic of virtualization.
The blogging world's cream of the crop sets its sights on print. Plus, virtualization keeps movin' on up, and an investment firm toughens up security.
Is it worth migrating servers in the next year?
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2007
The software development life cycle is enhanced by virtualization. An overview of what you should consider.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/15/2007
Windows Server virtualization, code-named "Viridian," is having some features stripped in order to meet its public beta shipping date in the second half of 2007 -- a ship date that recently slipped itself.
VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista.
VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista.
Two technologies. One chemistry experiment. Can they mix?
- By Greg Shields and Steve Kaplan
- 05/01/2007
Even if you never have to use these, it's good just to know they're there.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 03/01/2007