Two years ago, we visited the subject of free desktop virtualization hypervisors. At the time, the two preferred free solutions were Sun's xVM VirtualBox and and VMware Server 2.0. Things have changed ...

Parallels and VMware may have the more popular virtualization solutions, but Oracle's free VirtualBox solution may be a useful alternative for those who need to run other operating systems on their ...

Sun announced this week the availability of VirtualBox 3, the latest version of its open source virtualization solution. The new version introduces experimental 3D graphics support and the ability to ...

Sun Microsystems’ VirtualBox virtualization platform is now ready for the data center. VirtualBox 3.0, released by Sun June 30, can now run multiprocessor virtual machines for high-end workloads, ...

May 20, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. PT On May 2 nd of 2008 during its CommunityOne event, and concurrent with the initial release of OpenSolaris 2008.05, Sun released version 1.6 of xVM VirtualBox as a free ...

VirtualBox users are out there and alive and well in the virtualization community -- so much so that the inaugural Virtumania podcast topic was the free type 2 hypervisor. In my virtualization ...

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, ...

Version 3.1 of Sun's VirtualBox hosted virtualization software gains new features such as Teleportation, snapshots, and 2D acceleration Sun is continuing to push its virtualization agenda forward.

Virtual machines are the best way to accommodate different application needs in a datacenter environment. Whether you need to run your apps on a specific platform, or just need to meet scaling ...

A two-horse race: That’s how the market for general purpose desktop virtualization packages is shaping up, at least for the foreseeable future. With Microsoft all but abandoning Virtual PC (no updates ...

VMware Workstation 11 has the edge in performance and polish, while VirtualBox 2.3.20 leads in platform support and price. Few technologies have had a greater impact on business efficiency and IT ...