In this roundup I take a look at four of the leading desktop virtualization packages, including VMware Workstation 6.0 Beta 3, a feature-laden developer workbench; two legacy compatibility solutions, ...

The problem many IT organizations have when it comes to managing IT is that they either don’t have enough tools or suffer from having an excess of tools. In both cases, the outcome is generally the ...

In a move likely to significantly impact the virtualization and software development community, VMware has announced that its Fusion Pro (Mac) and Workstation Pro (Windows and Linux) products will be ...

IT managers don’t need a recession to appreciate free downloads of useful tools, but many vendors today are packaging scaled down applications and utilities as freeware to help customers take on ...

Big Blue plans to provide essential plumbing for its utility computing vision later this year, when it debuts technology that uses its Power5 chip. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

VMware has revealed several virtualization management products to be announced at VMworld Monday, but is so far shying away from any big-ticket announcements. VMware has revealed several new ...

When it comes to virtualization, there always seems to be a chicken-and-egg problem. No one seems to be quite sure if the reason we’re seeing IT organizations stall at around the 40 percent mark when ...

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Since 2005, IBM has used virtualization technologies to distribute data processing workloads between three IT centers it uses to manage traffic for the U.S. Tennis Association ...

Software firm Tripwire has launched vWire, a VMware management tool designed to reduce downtime in virtualized environments by allowing administrators to monitor configurations and correlate data. The ...

Private clouds are all about keeping developers happy and productive, according to Krish Prasad, senior veep and general manager of Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation division.… Cloud Foundation (VCF) ...