Tag: Virtualization

September 30, 2022

For decades, virtualization software has offered a way to vastly multiply computers’ efficiency, hosting entire collections of computers as “virtual machines” on just one physical machine. And for almost as long, security researchers have warned about the potential dark side […]

February 15, 2022

Here’s a fun new feature of Android 13: working virtualization support. Google is building virtualization into Android for its own reasons, but Android developer kdrag0n has commandeered the feature to boot ARM Windows 11 and desktop Linux. The developer even […]

April 14, 2017

Avaya has rolled out products it says will help enterprise customers more easily segment traffic between widely dispersed networked resources and effectively protect corporate data. The two central components of what the company calls its Data Center Everywhere plan include […]

November 8, 2016

Starting carrier services like routing and security is getting faster and easier thanks to a new way of deploying them that doesn’t require specialized equipment at customer’s sites. The new approach, called virtualized business services, lets various carrier services run […]

September 28, 2016

Microsoft is embarking on a major upgrade of its Azure systems. New hardware the company is installing in its 34 datacenters around the world still contains the mix of processors, RAM, storage, and networking hardware that you’ll find in any […]

September 27, 2016

ATLANTA—Microsoft has announced that the next major update to Windows 10 will run its Edge browser in a lightweight virtual machine. Running the update in a virtual machine will make exploiting the browser and attacking the operating system or compromising […]

August 18, 2016

Like clockwork, Parallels releases a new version of its desktop virtualization software for Mac computers every year. They often coincide with major new versions of the Windows and Mac operating systems, requiring major software changes to bring new Windows features […]

August 2, 2016

Simply put, containers offer a lightweight alternative to virtual machines, offering even greater resource utilization, simplified management and the ability to quickly move applications between servers. A panel discussion at Cloud World 2016 in London last month – which included […]

November 3, 2015

Virtualization will be a major focus of the Defense Information Systems Agency moving forward, said Alfred Rivera, director of DISA’s development and business center. Read More

April 23, 2015

A 2012 study of federal, state and local government IT decision-makers predicted virtualization could save government $30 billion by 2015. Whether those types of savings are realized by the end of this year remains to be seen, but more government […]