Virtualization is something that has been around for quite a long time. It has been a staple of the mainframe world for well over 30 years. It has been part of the midrange systems world for over 20 ...

Virtual PCs have important uses, such as providing a dedicated environment for testing new applications or enabling the parallel operation of multiple operating systems. But the virtualization ...

Express Metrix – Over 50 percent of enterprises have adopted virtualization to one degree or another, according to a study by research firm TheInfoPro, making it one of the most rapidly adopted ...

Negotiating software licenses for physical machines can be a cumbersome process, but figuring out how to negotiate virtual software licenses is downright confusing. Virtualization software uses a ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

As virtualization software continues to evolve, so do the options for network specialists, IT managers, CTOs, and CIOs. In order to help make the best decision for your organization, it’s important to ...

Editor’s note: In this, the first of Peter H. Salus’s articles, he explains virtualization with an unusual metaphor, puts it in historical context, and suggests some often-overlooked benefits.

The retailer rolls out Microsoft's Hyper-v technology to 1,700 stores, giving the software giant's cloud computing a boost. Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from Seattle and focuses on ...

Virtual software appliances are applications — mostly server ones, at this point — that come to users prepackaged with a thin operating system layer. Essentially virtual machines (VM) created by ...

CODESYS virtual safety solution uses software verification to meet industrial safety standards without expensive certified ...

Microsoft has followed a rival in advocating virtualization as a way to try out software painlessly. Microsoft's Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format can be used to collect an operating system, higher-level ...