Paravirtualization
14 Stories

IBM throws weight behind multi-OS push

News "Hypervisor" software lets computers juggle more tasks at once--and could boost a potential open-source rival, News.com has learned.

Friday, February 25 2005 10:00 AM

Tags: Operating systems

Virtual unrealities exposed

Insight Virtualization is generating a lot of momentum, but it's not a fundamentally new concept or the panacea that some vendors are making it out to be.

Tuesday, July 18 2006 11:19 AM

Tags: Server consolidation, Business applications

VMware tool tries new twist on power savings

News VMware Infrastructure 3.5 will include experimental support for a feature that can automatically consolidate work onto fewer servers to save power.

Tuesday, October 09 2007 01:37 PM

Tags: Servers

New Linux kernel expands virtualization support

News A longer-than-usual release cycle results in improvements for virtualization, wireless mesh networking, multimedia and other features.

Tuesday, July 15 2008 11:16 PM

Tags: Virtualization, Linux, Open source, Kernel, Linux Kernel, Webcam, performance, software, multimedia, Kernel Edition

Red Hat endorses KVM virtualization

News The company's next Fedora Linux will include the new approach to carving Linux systems into multiple virtual machines.

Thursday, February 15 2007 09:38 AM

Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Open source, Linux

Xen getting multiprocessor support

News Xen, software that lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, will become significantly more powerful with an upcoming version that introduces multiprocessor support.

Tuesday, June 14 2005 09:27 AM

Tags: Open source

Virtualization companies vie for advantage

News Three virtualization software companies take different tacks to leap ahead of the competition. Which approach will work?

Monday, February 06 2006 04:18 PM

Tags: Servers, Business applications, Business development/management

Xen lures big-name endorsements

Insight In just a few short months, open-source software package Xen moved from obscurity into the limelight as many computing industry powers throw their weight behind the project.

Tuesday, February 22 2005 11:25 AM

Tags: Operating systems, Open source

Novell introduces Linux thin client

News The Linux vendor's thin-client version of Suse Linux will come with a tool that third-parties can use to create a finished, tailored system.

Wednesday, March 21 2007 11:34 AM

Tags: Thin clients, Linux desktop OS

Linux heavies plan lightweight virtualization

News Novell and Red Hat have concrete plans to build resource-stingy "containers" to aid use of virtualization.

Wednesday, August 23 2006 11:22 AM

Tags: Linux, Linux server OS, Open source

Xen passes Windows milestone

News XenSource says it has succeed in booting Microsoft's OS on the Xen virtual machine software, aided by an upcoming Intel chip.

Wednesday, August 24 2005 11:16 AM

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Open source

Novell updates Suse virtualization

News First service pack tweaks Suse Linux Enterprise 10 features, while virtualization bundle promises wider support.

Wednesday, June 20 2007 10:47 AM

Tags: Servers, Operating systems

VMware-friendly change likely for Linux

News Programmers work with VMware for a general virtualization interface; Xen no longer the incumbent.

Monday, April 17 2006 09:32 AM

Tags: Servers, Business applications

New XenEnterprise boosts virtual Windows

News Virtualization software now can run multiprocessor Windows servers, but bigger changes are coming in June.

Tuesday, April 03 2007 10:05 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Open source