The combination of free open source and virtual machines is hard to beat; here are some of the handiest virtual appliances Virtual appliances are great for the same reasons physical appliances took ...

VMware, whose software lets an Intel server run several operating systems simultaneously, released new software Monday that supports a much wider variety of systems. Version 2 of the company's ...

Virtualization is a buzzword that's been making its way around the corporate IT circles for a few years. On paper, virtualization sounds great—you can make full use of those unused CPU cycles, ...

Although not usually considered a player in utility or grid computing, VMware has quietly and steadily built up a leadership position in virtual machine technology--software that allows customers to ...

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Symantec Corp. announced the availability of Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 for VMware's ESX Server. The solution provides advanced monitoring capabilities for applications running inside the virtual ...

Today, VMware has introduced a public beta test of a program called ACE 2 Enterprise Edition. The original ACE program was a version of VMware that allowed users to construct specific virtual machines ...

It's no secret that virtual desktop infrastructure is expensive, but VMware says it is working on ways to cut costs and make the technology more accessible to the masses. VMware has plenty of ...

VMware urges customers to patch a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in and impacting all vCenter Server deployments. "These updates fix a critical ...

VMware announced Thursday that version 2.0 of its Fusion virtualization software for Mac will include support for Mac OS X Leopard Server virtual machines running on top of Mac OS X. Available in the ...

VMware has introduced software designed to make it much easier for its customers to store large numbers of virtual machines (VMs) created with the company’s software. “It is about management ...