Coming out of VMworld, I've run into many people who've been convinced that operating systems are becoming an endangered species and that shortly they'll be replaced by virtual machine software. I ...

Virtual machine software - software that either runs on the physical system or software that runs on a host operating system and allows other guest operating systems to run. In either case, the goal ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) spends significant amounts of money addressing software obsolescence and compatibility across the enterprise. Obsolescence is driven by lack of vendor support as ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio market research analysts forecast the global virtualization in industrial automation market to grow at a CAGR of more than 7% during the period 2018-2022, according ...

This excerpt is from the book, Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches published by Prentice Hall Professional, Oct. 2009, ISBN ...

Some 64-bit operating systems and virtualization software programs are vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks when running on Intel processors (CPUs), the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness ...

After a recent debate with Robin Systems over terminology, the company offered an opportunity to see their technology in operation. How could I refuse? What I learned was that the company has focused ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Kim Hartman, Vice President of Sales Can you mix real-time control and Microsoft Windows? The challenge is to preserve ...

The operating system has long played a critical role in embedded systems. A prime historical purpose of the operating system is to simplify the life of electronic product developers, freeing them to ...

Editor’s note: In this, the first of Peter H. Salus’s articles, he explains virtualization with an unusual metaphor, puts it in historical context, and suggests some often-overlooked benefits.

Extra processing power also lets users multitask more effectively. For example, one core could be used for surfing the Web, while the second core is handling an anti-virus scan. (Processor affinity ...

“We use virtualization to test our software on the platforms and applications we support (for QA), and to replicate customer environments when there are customer issues for support,” says Eric Floehr, ...