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Parallels has issued an official statement announcing the availability of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac OS X. As key additions, the company mentions full support for Aero in Windows Vista and 7 through the Windows WDDM driver, including Aero Flip 3D, a more Mac-like experience in Windows applications through the Apple ... |
5 November 2009
08:42 GMT |
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Although Parallels Inc. is yet to issue a formal announcement via its press room, the company has revealed the availability of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac OS X. The new version of the virtualization program permits users to install Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 in three easy steps, and boasts Snow Leopard o... |
4 November 2009
06:28 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has released a new version of VirtualBox, the company’s virtualization program that allows users to create virtual machines / environments for guest operating systems. Although version 3.0.10 has somehow been pulled from Sun’s website, the file is still available for download. Our guys we... |
29 October 2009
05:13 GMT |
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The people at VMware have just issued the new version of their virtualization solution for Mac OS X, VMware Fusion 3. Announced last month, and slated for release on October 27, the new installment is highly optimized for the latest Mac OS version, and claims to provide “the ultimate Windows 7 experience.&rdquo... |
27 October 2009
06:06 GMT |
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New comparative tests for different antivirus solutions have been released on the Internet, and judging from the results, we should benefit from tight security against malware. The current solutions will not create an impenetrable shield around the system, making it invulnerable to any sort of attack, but at least it... |
8 October 2009
09:11 GMT |
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The level of interoperability between Windows and Linux was kicked up a notch as Microsoft and Red Hat have wrapped up Cooperative Technical Support for virtualized environments. On October 7th, 2009, the Redmond company announced that it had wrapped up the work debuted in February of this year, together withRed Hat,... |
8 October 2009
08:38 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems' VirtualBox lets users create virtual machines in which they can install their operating system of choice. The solution is similar to those advertised and sold by VMware (VMware Fusion), or Parallels (Parallels Desktop). The latest version of the software comes with the usual laundry of bug fixe... |
7 October 2009
06:05 GMT |
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VMware, Inc. has announced VMware Fusion 3, a new version of its professional-class virtualization solution for Mac OS X. Dubbed as “the Best Way to Run Windows on the Mac,” VMware Fusion 3 will be available worldwide on October 27. Interested parties can secure their copy by pre-ordering the new version ... |
6 October 2009
10:25 GMT |
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VMware Fusion runs Windows inside a secure and isolated virtual machine. Unlike free virtualization solutions such as Sun Microsystem’s VirtualBox, VMware Fusion fully integrates the guest OS with the host and its hardware, offering support for features like copy/paste and drag & drop, among many others. &ldqu... |
2 October 2009
08:15 GMT |
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Virtualization is a pretty important part of today's server market, and it is expanding even onto desktops. For the free operating systems there are many choices, ranging from the well-known VirtualBox to the business-oriented VMware. However, there are certain disadvantages for these bigger and sometimes clunki... |
29 September 2009
08:48 GMT |
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The people at VMware Inc. have issued a new beta update to their powerful virtualization solution for Mac OS , VMware Fusion. VMware Fusion allows Intel Macs to run x86 operating systems, like Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in a virtual machine, side by side with Mac OS X. The release of VMware Fusion 2.0.6 Bet... |
25 September 2009
06:34 GMT |
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Microsoft has wrapped up the next iteration of its standalone hypervisor and is now offering it for download to customers. As the Redmond company promised in the first half of the year, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 continues to be free even after the evolution to R2. The software giant promised that customers would ... |
31 August 2009
06:29 GMT |
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VMware will be announcing two new products today at its annual virtualization conference in San Francisco, underway this week. The first product is actually an application suite called vCenter, designed to supplement its cloud computing offering vSphere 4 with a number of tools for the enterprise market. The other bi... |
31 August 2009
05:34 GMT |
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Microsoft is on a mission to play its cards right in game over a larger share of the virtualization market. Little shy of taking jabs at the main competitors, the Redmond company is dangling consistent cost savings in front of potential customers provided that they switch from VMware solutions to its own virtualizati... |
28 August 2009
04:34 GMT |
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Parallels is an expert in virtualization and automation software and the developer of Parallels Desktop, the powerful virtualization solution for Mac OS X users. The company is now proud to announce a new product aimed at those depending on Windows, but wanting to enjoy the benefits of Macintosh computing – Par... |
26 August 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Nissan North America Inc. has turned to Microsoft’s virtualization technology in order to shift server spending in reverse at two of its plants in the United States, namely Smyrna and Decherd. According to the Redmond company, the number of servers necessary to run manufacturing operations at the two locations ... |
19 August 2009
10:57 GMT |
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Acronis announced on Thursday that it would participate in VMworld 2009, a VMware event aimed at demonstrating virtualization technologies and partners. Acronis will be present in booth #1319 and will showcase its newly released product, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, the latest addition to the True Image disaster rec... |
14 August 2009
03:19 GMT |
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NEC has announced today that its latest enterprise server, the NEC Express5800/A1160, has established a new world record in the overall VMmark performance benchmark results. The company's system, which was built with no less than eight Intel Xeon X7460 processors, has managed to score 34.05@24tiles in VMware... |
5 August 2009
10:16 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems, the maker of the Java platform, has updated VirtualBox, the popular virtualization program for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Version 3.0.4 of the software is a maintenance release and delivers the usual laundry of fixes and improvements. Released on August 4, 2009, VirtualBox 3.0.4 improves stability... |
5 August 2009
09:16 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft made available the release candidate flavor of Windows 7’s XP Mode add-on on Tuesday. The beta iteration of XP Mode was released on April 30, along with the beta variant of Windows Virtual PC, and the RC version comes as another step the company is taking towards launching... |
5 August 2009
02:51 GMT |
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Over the course of this weekend, Sun Microsystems released VirtualBox 3.0.2, a maintenance update to its cross-platform virtualization software. The changelog lists various tweaks and fixes, although no Mac-specific changes have been spotted. The new version is available for both Mac and Linux users, as well as Windo... |
13 July 2009
08:58 GMT |
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The first Mediaroom with virtualization service is coming to Europe by the end of this year. Microsoft revealed that it had inked an agreement with Viapass, for the adoption of Mediaroom as the French network services and telecoms operator's Internet Protocol television service. At the end of May 2009, the Redmo... |
9 July 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Fans of the virtualization software from Sun Microsystems should learn that VirtualBox 3.0 now delivers OpenGL 2.0 support, as well as support for Windows 7 guests. Sun claims this is a major update also because version 3.0.0 introduces Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) in virtual machines and much improved 3D suppor... |
30 June 2009
10:52 GMT |
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VMware Fusion lets you run your favorite Windows applications and devices seamlessly on any Intel-based Mac. Built from the ground up for the Mac, Fusion lets you run all your favorite Windows applications, even integrating those apps' features with Mac OS X. The people at VMware have updated the popular virtua... |
25 June 2009
06:49 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has issued a major update to its powerful Open Source virtualization solution for Mac OS X, VirtualBox. The new release adds the ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games (experimental) as well as Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests, to name some key enhancements. &ldq... |
19 June 2009
10:00 GMT |
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Microsoft's Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) platform has evolved with the addition of virtualization support, the company informs. In this sense, the software giant becomes the first provider of IPTV platforms to bring virtualization to the world of IPTV. And in order to do this, the company is leveraging th... |
27 May 2009
09:33 GMT |
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WMware, the world-known leader in virtualization solutions, stated recently that it was working on a VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, which is set to offer companies the possibility to virtualize smartphones and mobile devices as soon as next year. According to Stephen Herrod, VMware chief technology officer, m... |
22 May 2009
08:36 GMT |
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Following news that not all of Intel's currently shipping processors will be able to support the “XP mode” feature that will be enabled in Microsoft's next-generation Windows 7 operating system, the processor family from rival AMD has also been put under the limelight. As it turns out, the major... |
7 May 2009
03:34 GMT |
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It's a veritable Release Candidate fiesta over at Microsoft. Along with the latest development milestones for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the Redmond company has also released a variety of software in RC stage. Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate accompanied the RC milestones of both Windows serve... |
6 May 2009
09:43 GMT |
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Microsoft is little shy of serving VMware the same treatment that it is using to fight Apple. The Redmond company is betting on a numbers game strategy that makes all the sense in the world, especially in the context of the global economic downturn. With IT budgets shrinking and no end to the financial crisis in sigh... |
5 May 2009
05:47 GMT |
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The popular, open-source, virtualization software VirtualBox reached yesterday, April 27th, version 2.2.2. Being a maintenance release, there weren't any new major features added to it. The following list includes bugfixes and added items that apply to the Linux client: · Fixed a number of bugs that affe... |
28 April 2009
08:28 GMT |
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Microsoft will continue offering its standalone hypervisor as a free download, even after the delivery of the upcoming version. The next iteration of the Redmond company's hypervisor is Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, which will be made available for download at no cost, even though customers will be able to b... |
21 April 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Palo Alto, California-based HP has announced today that it has expanded its portfolio of thin client computer systems, introducing new models specifically designed to help its customers develop and expand their client virtualization platform. HP's new offering includes the new gt7720 performance series, the t573... |
16 April 2009
09:51 GMT |
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A security researcher has found a nasty bug in VMware's virtualization software. The vulnerability, rated as “critical,” can be used in VMware Fusions's virtual machine display function to read and write memory on the "host" operating system – the OS running the physical hardware. VMware ... |
16 April 2009
04:25 GMT |
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VMware Fusion, another powerful, yet costly virtualization app for Mac OS X, has received an important update lately, fixing critical bugs, while adding experimental support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server. VMware Fusion 2.0.4 (Build 159196) is available for immediate download right here on our web site.Although Fus... |
10 April 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems has updated VirtualBox xVM, a powerful Open Source virtualization solution for Mac OS X. The new release brings both the VirtualBox app, as well as the SDK to version 2.2.0 (Build 45846), and is “a major update,” according to the folks behind Java.Sun Microsystems' xVM VirtualBox sof... |
10 April 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Back in January 2009, Microsoft made available for download the sixth product under the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance customers, namely: Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization version 1. In order to help customers make the best of MED-V v1, the Redmond company is also offering guidan... |
9 April 2009
07:09 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems announced today the release of their VirtualBox 2.2.0 virtualization software. Bringing a lot of new features and improvements VirtualBox 2.2.0 is a major release, and one of the most anticipated added features is OpenGL 3D acceleration support for Linux guests. Also, this new release allows importin... |
8 April 2009
09:55 GMT |
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Vmware Fusion 2, the powerful virtualization solution for Mac OS X, has just received an important update. While just a maintenance release, VMware Fusion 2.0.3 resolves driverless printing issues, but also adds experimental support for guests of Apple's upcoming OS, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.“VMware Fusi... |
3 April 2009
07:00 GMT |
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With the advent of Windows Vista Microsoft introduced Solution Accelerators, resources accompanying the operating system designed to streamline common processes and tasks. The strategy continued with Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft is committed to the model even for its hypervisor. The latest Solution Accelerator o... |
1 April 2009
07:46 GMT |
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Microsoft has not been shy of applauding its products as the lifebuoy that can keep businesses afloat in the global economic tsunami, provided that the necessary technology investments are met. When it comes down to squeezing IT dollars, Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, opined ... |
30 March 2009
11:44 GMT |
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Microsoft is applauding its virtualization and management solutions for enabling US ice cream manufacturer Wells’ Dairy to save no less that $500,000. However, at the same time, the Redmond company is using the opportunity to take a jab at rivals VMware, by advertising the cost advantages of its own products. A... |
30 March 2009
10:48 GMT |
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No less than half of the Small Business Specialists surveyed by Microsoft for its SMB Insight Report have underscored virtualization or IT consolidation as critical components of a strategy for SMBs to reduce expenses. According to the software giant, a midsize server is considered the technology most likely to help ... |
25 March 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems, the maker of Java, has recently updated VirtualBox, the free yet powerful x86 virtualization tool, along with the VirtualBox SDK, currently at version 2.2.0 Build 44647 Beta 1. According to the release notes, VirtualBox now offers experimental support for OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) hosts running both ... |
18 March 2009
10:12 GMT |
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After my recent experience with two of today's most popular virtualization programs for Mac, Parallels Desktop 4.0 and VMware Fusion 2.0.2, I have no doubt that the former is much more reliable from a regular user's point of view. However, for game fanatics, and especially those who are into the most recent... |
6 March 2009
11:26 GMT |
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Microsoft has acknowledged the existence of an issue related to virtual machines running under Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role enabled or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, where items can no longer be executed or accessed because of a certificate error. According to Microsoft, attempts to connect to a vm would... |
3 March 2009
06:00 GMT |
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In the context of the global economic downturn, Microsoft has been consistently emphasizing the need to cut costs, pointing to virtualization as one of the solutions to save a pretty penny. At the same time, the Redmond company has not been shy at all in applauding its success stories, and invariably also those of it... |
24 February 2009
05:27 GMT |
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Project Encore is yet another illustrative example of solution providers adapting their products to heterogeneous environments, and customers depending on mixed source IT infrastructures. A Citrix initiative, Project Encore is designed to enhance Microsoft Hyper-V. The promise is that Citrix Essentials take the virtu... |
24 February 2009
04:30 GMT |
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The open source virtualization software VirtualBox recently reached version 2.1.4. Being a maintenance release, there weren't any new major features added to it. The following list includes bugfixes and added items that apply to the Linux client:· Fixed kernel oopses;· Fixed shipped modules' d... |
17 February 2009
08:01 GMT |
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The start of this week marked yet another chapter in the Windows vs. Linux saga, another example of how the “vs.” is fading more and more. A new Windows and Linux marriage was inked by rivals Microsoft and Red Hat, but solely in the church of virtualization. The two companies stressed that the marriage wa... |
17 February 2009
07:30 GMT |
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