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Application virtualization is starting to get recognized in the industry, while OS virtualization or containers is still relatively unknown even though it has been around for quite some time.

OS X does many things better than does Vista. Its restriction on virtualization is not one of those things.

When we talk about virtualization on the Apple Mac platform, we are usually talking about virtualizing Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems as guest operating systems on either VMware ...

Google has confirmed that its project to run Chrome OS alongside Android was just a fun proof of concept. The company needed something to demonstrate the enhanced virtualization capabilities of ...

With virtualization you can separate those components so a problem relating to one server role doesn't take the others down with it.<BR><BR>After saying all that, I have used Microsoft SBS ...

Sun has released a major update to its open source desktop virtualization tool xVM VirtualBox, adding support for Mac OS X and Solaris host operating systems.

You’ve probably heard about Google Chromebooks. Like Android, Chrome OS is based on some variant of Linux, but it is targeted at the “cloud first” strategy so Chromebooks typicall… ...

On virtualization: When The OS Doesn't Matter WebPro News offers its say on the trend toward OS amalgamation through virtualization. "Virtualization is where it's at - running two operating ...

OS X Lion still has no native virtualization capability. Apple is missing out on some serious revenue possibilities which could be just as disruptive to the "Post-PC" world as the iPad.