Software Virtualization
33 Stories

Putting a new spin on virtualization

Insight Running virtual copies of software and operating systems could change the way we view the PC as a host platform.

Monday, December 12 2005 02:43 PM

Tags: IT Management, Infrastructure/architecture management

Microsoft's 'Godfather' sticks to his guns

Insight Craig Mundie, chief technical officer at Microsoft, has the fortitude to moot his ideas--even if they take more than 10 years to bear fruit.

Friday, March 31 2006 04:41 PM

Tags: Handhelds, Software, Microsoft Windows, Innovation, Leadership techniques

HP services go ala-carte to beat downturn

News New initiative lets customers buy credits for use on as many as 85 mission-critical services, including those related to security, software and virtualization.

Tuesday, February 10 2009 06:43 PM

Tags: Services, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Hewlett-Packard Co., ITIL, Proactive Select, Singapore, Gartner Inc., performance, enterprise server

VMware unfazed by Microsoft's guerrilla marketing

News CEO Paul Maritz has dismissed Microsoft's marketing tactics at the VMworld conference as the strategy of a virtualization underdog.

Thursday, September 18 2008 09:52 AM

Tags: Virtualization, Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Conference, VMware Inc., software, software virtualization, Web Address, leader, Las Vegas

HP to offer Suse desktop Linux to small businesses

News Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop will be offered with the HP Compaq dc5850 to business and education customers in the United States for US$519.

Monday, December 15 2008 12:09 PM

Tags: Business applications, Linux, Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Small Business, Novell Inc., Desktop Linux, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, SuSE

Roll iSCSI Software Initiator install into mixed environments

Techguide Windows Server 2008's built-in iSCSI Software Initiator is also available on prior versions of Windows Server. Learn how you can roll it out into mixed environments.

Sunday, April 12 2009 03:42 PM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Servers, Fiber, Storage, Rick Vanover, Environment, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows 2000

Altiris sees value in utility software

News The lifecycle management solution provider repositions itself in a bid to become a bigger provider of virtualization software and on-demand services.

Tuesday, February 28 2006 07:42 PM

Tags: Business applications, Web services, Software licensing, SMB

VMware Fusion beta for Macs goes public

News Test application lets the Windows operating systems run in a virtualized environment on Mac OS X.

Friday, December 29 2006 12:19 PM

Tags: Mac OS, Utility computing

Rollins to take up the reins at Dell

News The PC maker's No. 2 becomes its top executive as founder Michael Dell steps aside as CEO.

Friday, July 16 2004 10:47 AM

Getting your Windows 7 fix in Linux with VirtualBox

Techguide VirtualBox will allow you to stretch your budget farther, test your software more securely, and train your users more safely, and more.

Monday, November 02 2009 11:26 AM

Tags: Open source, Innotek VirtualBox, Installation, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Microsoft Windows 7, remote access, RAM, hard drive, Microsoft Windows

Get ready for virtualization to affect you, too

News VMware is pushing its software for use on PCs and mobile phones. There is plenty of room for expansion, but watch out for that cloud.

Tuesday, September 08 2009 09:52 AM

Tags: Virtualization, VMware Inc., computer, Server, Virtualization, PC

Oracle buys integration challenge along with Sun

News Acquiring Sun gives Oracle powerful injection of new technology, but sales pitch of integrated hardware and software has fallen on deaf ears so far.

Tuesday, April 21 2009 09:38 AM

Tags: Software integration, IBM Corp., Integration, Database, server appliance, Cloud Computing, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, software

3Com to get security makeover

News Networking company promised to deliver a comprehensive security roadmap in May, with recently-acquired TippingPoint at the helm.

Tuesday, March 22 2005 06:40 PM

Tags: Networking, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems)

Sun: We're not late in cloud game

News Dismissing industry comments that it's late in announcing strategy for the platform, Sun Microsystems says cloud movement is only just starting.

Wednesday, March 18 2009 11:30 PM

Tags: Cloud computing, Database management, Data centers, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Asia-Pacific, Service, Sun Microsystems Inc.