(1) A synonym for a language interpreter. See interpreter, Java Virtual Machine and Python. (2) Software that enables a different operating system and applications to run in a computer along with the ...

Carlos Soto is an award-winning reviewer and journalist with 20 years of experience covering technology and business within various sectors and industries. State and local agencies should harness the ...

Hypervisors like VirtualBox or VMware can run just about any OS as long as you've got enough hardware power. However, just ...

Here's how to use the Failover Cluster Manager to make virtual machines fault tolerant or to create new virtual machines. One of the biggest disadvantages to running Hyper-V on standalone ...

With the recent initial public offering of VMware Inc. being greeted with a resounding cheer from investors, it’s clear that virtualization is increasingly important to businesses. Corporations are ...

If you want to back up virtual machines, the options may seem confusing. Methods used to back up virtual machines have evolved rapidly over the past couple of years, from an analogue of traditional ...

Hewlett-Packard is set to deliver a new blade that will quadruple the virtual desktops that can be deployed from one server compared to the company’s previous offerings. The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 ...

Virtualization has swept through the data center in recent years, enabling IT transformation and serving as the secret sauce behind cloud computing. Now it’s time to examine what’s next for ...

One of the lesser-known capabilities of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is its ability to convert VMware virtual machines so that they can run on Microsoft Hyper-V. I will tell you ...

Virtualization, as the name suggests, involves the creation of a make-believe version of a computer or its constituent resource, like a storage device, server, etc., within a physical computer. The ...

Microsoft has announced a major update to its Windows Server licensing program, which in part was driven by threats of legal action by the European Union. The most notable change is adding the option ...