VMware rules the roost in server virtualization, and the advanced features coming in next month's View 5.1 release show that it is trying to take a bigger bite out of the desktop virtualization market ...

VMware CEO Paul Maritz urged customers to think beyond the desktop computer. It is a dead metaphor, he insisted, one ill-suited for today’s workforce. “PCs are not the only animal in the zoo anymore.

To install Linux Mint on your VMware Workstation, begin by creating a new virtual machine within the software, selecting your ...

EMC subsidiary demonstrates crash-proofing tech that lets a machine take over where another left off, plus other pies in virtual sky. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

It is probably the very first thing you need to check. There could be times when VMware might fail to make your virtual machine up and running due to a glitch or bug. If you have recently updated your ...

In his keynote presentation at Nutanix Next 2024 in Barcelona, Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami discussed the “elephant in the room”, which is the fact that Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has created ...

I have a new Dell Dimension XPS with a 3.0 GHz P4, 1.0 GB PC3200 DDR RAM, and a Radeon 9800 Pro running Windows XP Pro SP1.<BR><BR>I may be starting a new project soon that is running under Linux. I ...

It’s easy to set up a virtual machine on your PC, creating a machine within a machine, using free desktop virtualization software from VMware. Here’s a look at the advantages, plus instructions.

VMware, which Broadcom purchased for $61 billion, announced some big changes to its virtualization software suite. Starting today, VMware Workstation Pro for Windows and Linux and VMware Fusion for ...

VMware Workstation supports two mechanisms to create copies of VMs: full and linked clones. [Click on image for larger view.] A full clone makes an exact copy of the files that make up the VM. In ...

Virtual PCs have important uses, such as providing a dedicated environment for testing new applications or enabling the parallel operation of multiple operating systems. But the virtualization ...

EMC subsidiary VMware is now shipping the first commercial version of its VMware ACE secure PC environment. Version 1.0 of the product was made available for order on VMware’s Web site on Dec. 21, a ...