Coming out of VMworld, I've run into many people who've been convinced that operating systems are becoming an endangered species and that shortly they'll be replaced by virtual machine software. I ...

There's an OS for everyone (and every task).

Of the many components found in a media-centric operating environment, storage might be categorized as one of the more evolving systems in the overall architecture. As administrators attempt to sort ...

Earlier this year, a company called Parallels, Inc. got a lot of attention when it showcased its Parallels Desktop software for the Mac. The application &#151 which uses a technology called ...

Using virtualization to run multiple operating systems on a single physical computer was once mainly the domain of ubergeeks and IT administrators, but these days small businesses are showing interest ...

Kevin Pedretti, lead researcher for Sandia National Laboratories’ virtual external operating system program, uses his laptop computer to inspect a virtual machine experiment running on Sandia’s Red ...

Virtualization companies, unwilling to see core products become a mere operating system feature, are signing deals to build them into hardware. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

This excerpt is from the book, Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches published by Prentice Hall Professional, Oct. 2009, ISBN ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Experts has released a new in-depth evaluation of virtualization software for macOS, naming Parallels Desktop as the top solution for users who need to ...

As interesting as virtual client system and virtual server systems are, they're not the panacea that some in the industry present when speaking about their products. Why is it that when I speak to a ...

A virtual machine is a computing resource that uses software instead of a physical computer to run programs and deploy applications. It operates by running one or more virtual “guest” machines on a ...