Sun has released a major update to its open source desktop virtualization tool xVM VirtualBox, adding support for Mac OS X and Solaris host operating systems, in addition to other improvements.

Apple and virtualization pundits agree that Apple needs to allow virtualization of its operating system. Although, it's likely that OS X Server is fading away after the Lion release, the desktop ...

Recently I wrote a detailed article on using VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop on the Mac. These two programs are virtualization solutions—they allow one “host” operating system (Mac OS X) to run ...

(1) The term may erroneously refer to traditional virtualization methods rather than the technique described below (see virtual machine). (2) A method for splitting a server into multiple partitions ...

What VMware is about is growing adoption of virtualization, and Im quite proud of the fact that our virtual infrastructure offering is so functional, so robust, so complete a virtual infrastructure ...

With the release of OS X Lion, Apple updated their licensing agreement to allow the virtualization of Mac OS X under programs such as VMWare Fusion and Parallels. This functionality allows you to ...

Fusion 4.1 gave life to Leopard and Snow Leopard client virtualization, but VMware quickly ended it again with the Fusion 4.1.1 upgrade When Apple released Mac OS X 10.7, known as Lion, it became the ...

Parallels supports version 6 of its Parallels Desktop software in OS X Lion, and has a few maintenance releases available to ensure full compatibility with the new OS. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor ...

In a Monday post to the Macenterprise.org mailing list, Dave Schroeder, senior systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pointed out a change in the ...

On Friday, we reported that VMware Fusion 4.1 can run virtual versions of Leopard and Snow Leopard, a feature previously barred by Apple’s end-user license agreement. On Monday, the other shoe dropped ...

Virtualization companies, unwilling to see core products become a mere operating system feature, are signing deals to build them into hardware. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...