(1) The term may erroneously refer to traditional virtualization methods rather than the technique described below (see virtual machine). (2) A method for splitting a server into multiple partitions ...

Many IT professionals think of virtualization in terms of virtual machines (VM) and their associated hypervisors and operating-system implementations, but that only skims the surface. An increasingly ...

(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 ...

Virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. In simple and useful definition, “Virtualization is a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of ...

Innotek on Tuesday announced the release of the first public beta version of VirtualBox for Mac OS X, another virtualization environment for Intel-based Macs, this time based on open source code.

Apple and virtualization pundits agree that Apple needs to allow virtualization of its operating system. Although, it's likely that OS X Server is fading away after the Lion release, the desktop ...

Is the operating system as we know it dead? And can this new multi-layered stack that VMWare CEO Paul Maritz spoke of this morning really enhance security? Maritz, during a Q&A press conference after ...

Parallels supports version 6 of its Parallels Desktop software in OS X Lion, and has a few maintenance releases available to ensure full compatibility with the new OS. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor ...

As if Boot Camp wasn't enough of a Windows XP shock for one week, a company called Parallels has debuted new virtualization software that allows the simultaneous running of Windows XP and Mac OS X.