Tag archive: virtualization

Networking giant Cisco is best known for building a lot of the backbone gear on which the Internet has been built, like routers, switches, hubs, and other key components of network architecture—the kinds of things that make data centers and cloud computing possible. The massive growth of the Internet would seem to put Cisco in a secure business position, but the reality is that the company faces significant competition from the likes of… Read More

Windows users who happen to be on a Mac, and Mac users who have Windows apps, can now take advantage of the latest Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac. Parallels claims there are over 80 new features and improvements, such as using Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts and using Spotlight in Windows. The new version will be available Sept. 14. Parallels is listening to the legions of gaming fans moaning about the lack of available titles on the Mac. Calling… Read More

Although Windows users have given Windows 7 a much warmer reception than its predecessor Windows Vista, users of older application software that doesn't work under Windows 7 were left in a bit of a lurch. Sure, Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate offers an XP Mode that essentially runs a virtual computer running Windows XP so users can still tap into most older, non-updated software. The problem was that Windows 7′s XP… Read More

Although there's no denying that virtualization has revolutionized the server and software development worlds—and is even having an impact on some consumers—are we really ready for virtualization on mobile phones? VMware seems to think so, and has announced a new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform based on technology it acquired with France's Trango Virtual Processors last month. The idea behind phone… Read More

A year after the release of Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft has decided to ease restrictions that forced used to buy the Business or Ultimate Editions of the operating systems if they (legally) wanted to run Vista in a virtualized environment. Effective immediately, Vista's Basic and Home Premium editions are now licensed for use in virtual environments—a boon to Mac and Linux users who want to occasionally dip into the Vista… Read More

After all these years, Microsoft may be showing the first signs of accepting a world in which it co-exists with Linux, rather than treies to browbeat it out of existence: the Redmond software giant and virtualization developer XenSource have announced a collaborative agreement to provide intereroperability between the next version of Windows Server, codenamed Longhorn, and Xen-enabled versions of the Linux operating system. The result would… Read More