If you play the "first thing that comes to mind" game, and someone asks you to name a virtualization platform, more often than not, someone will yell out VMware or specifically VMware ESX Server. But ...

VirtualBox is a stalwart of virtualization. It provides a relatively user-friendly and free way to create and manage virtual machines on Windows, Linux, and macOS. However, with the move to Apple ...

Parallel, Inc. is preparing to make a quantum leap in the art of Windows virtualization software for the Mac with a new version of its Parallels Desktop software that will introduce a refined user ...

Emulation is what we do when we try to make one system behave like or imitate a different system. We want to take System A (something we already have) and give it the inputs we would normally use for ...

Virtualization has not stripped Windows of its relevance, a Microsoft official said in response to VMware CEO Paul Maritz’s argument that operating systems are no longer the center of innovation in ...

Parallels Inc. today updated its flagship virtual machine software for running Windows on Intel-based Macs so that it now lets users fire up Windows applications without having to look at Microsoft ...

Do you primarily use Windows 11 but want to have a quick look at a Linux distribution like Linux Mint? Well, booting from a live DVD or USB stick is a convenient solution. The advantage of this is ...

How much does it cost to run Windows on a VMware server versus a SWsoft Virtuozzo? The muddy waters on the topic are finally clearing. Microsoft released a whitepaper that covers how licensing its ...

Both Microsoft offerings (AVD and W365) are classified as Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS), a term which refers to desktops that run in the cloud and which are managed and administrated by the cloud ...

While it's a certainty that KVM will host Windows guest operating systems in the future, today's news is baby steps toward that goal News that paravirtual drivers for Windows on KVM have been released ...

I created a VM a while ago for testing things in a safe sandbox. It's nothing fancy, just a Win10 installation in VirtualBox. I fired it up the other day for the first time since I upgraded my system, ...