Xen and lguest virtualization technologies have been folded into the Linux kernel, giving future Linux distributions a more direct link to the virtualization techniques. KVM (Kernel-based Virtual ...

Virtualization may offer a significant advantage to Linux in the decade-old debate over Linux vs. Windows total cost of ownership (TCO). A new Gabriel Consulting Group survey (PDF) of mostly ...

With Intel processors supporting the company’s Virtualization Technology (VT) becoming more pervasive, Linux kernel developers are writing the code to improve hardware virtualization and hence ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Linux is the key that will make virtual machines easier to build, according to Kevin Kettler, Dell's chief technical officer. He spoke to an audience gathered for the LinuxWorld ...

There are many reasons that enterprises may wish to use Linux desktops within a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) broker. I outlined five of these in a recent article. Now that all major VDI ...

I worked with VMware after VMware first bought Propero back in 2007 and integrated its VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) broker into VMware's product line. One of the questions I heard most often ...

Major features of Win4Lin desktop products include: * Runs virtually (no pun intended) all Windows applications from Microsoft, Intuit, Adobe and most others, including in-house developed applications ...

Experts say Microsoft’s submission Monday of virtualization driver source code to the Linux kernel marks a watershed event in the vendor’s understanding of open source’s future. “This is another sign ...

Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive. Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor Wednesday that can be loaded onto servers and ...

Parallels Inc. today released a new version of its Windows/Linux desktop virtualization software, saying it should be able to run some applications as much as eight times faster than its prior version ...