With OS-level virtualization, there is no separate hypervisor layer. Instead, the host OS itself is responsible for dividing hardware resources among multiple virtual servers and keeping the ...

VMWare CEO Paul Maritz talks about the changing forces caused by virtualization, including the potential to improve security and the shift away from the OS as the center of innovation.

Different virtualization approaches (emulation, hypervisor-based, operating system-level) and their pros and cons are outlined. Details of the OS-level virtualization approach are given, using ...

In spite of the differences between the two different approaches to mobile virtualization, the two models offer similar benefits: security and flexibility. For the purposes of this article, I'll be ...

OS-level virtualization solutions aren't perfect, though. Performance for certain kinds of tasks is lacking, especially with accelerated graphics and intensive I/O such as hard disk use. This is ...

In the previous installment of the Virtualization Guide, I talked in general ways about the exculsive hardware access privileges that the OS reserves for itself. Now it's time to nuance that ...

The big announcement is the company's new Virtual Datacenter Operating System (VDC-OS), which expands VMware's Infrastructure product into a new category, commented Bogomil Balansky, VMware's senior ...

A company whose virtualization software lets Windows programs run on Mac OS X will soon make the move to the more demanding server market.

A recent licensing change Apple made to its OS X 10.5 Server release has partners buzzing over the potential doors the vendor may be opening.