Posts Tagged with 'virtualization'

Casual VirtualBox users might not know about the awesome power that lurks just beneath the surface in the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Contrary to popular belief, virtual machines are no more secure than physical machines. They are also no less so.

Cloud computing, virtualization and mobile devices take the 'proprietary' out of computing--at least for the consumer. Just think of the possibilities.

There's a front moving in and it looks like long overdue drought relief. Keep your umbrella handy--it looks like a virtual deluge.

Do you think that converting your clunky, maintenance-burdened physical desktop OS to a clunky, maintenance-burdened VM will save you some money? Think again.

Looking back on 2010 and what's ahead for 2011.

Providing a little taste of honey to would-be intruders could save the whole hive from greedy paws.

What's better than virtualization? How about free virtualization?

And now for something completely different for Windows: Virtual Hard Drives.

Windows 7 arrives virtualization enabled. And a free copy of Windows XP to boot and reboot.

The search for the answer to this ultimate question is a noble yet daunting quest. Licensing obfuscation makes the answer the stuff of Sherlock Holmes novels and fortuneteller quarry.

An inexpensive classroom is as close as your local hypervisor.

Put your virtual machine footprint on a diet with appliances.

When function surpasses form, the operating system drops out of the equation.

When will someone develop an operating system that's virtualization optimized?

Will pressure from Microsoft, Citrix and Red Hat prove to be too much opposition for VMware's now precarious lead position?

Which virtualization technology would you choose if you owned a hosting company? The answer by those who do might surprise you.

Booting into Hyper-V R2 not exciting enough for you? How about booting it from a USB drive?

Microsoft's Hyper-V lives comfortably on a USB Flash Drive.

Matching the right solution with the right problem takes skill, flexibility, and a little luck.

A Beowulf pioneer provides insights and experience from the HPC trenches.

Is Microsoft's latest Hyper-V incarnation track-ready? We take it for a spin to find out.

Microsoft has released code for inclusion in the Linux kernel, but should it be accepted? Linus Torvalds gives his perspective.

A pocket-sized hypervisor is the stuff of dreams and sometimes dreams do come true.

Are the days of IT's ultra-geeks are numbered with the introduction of virtual data centers and cloud computing?

Long shot or sure thing -- what's it like to go "all in" with Hyper-V?

I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was. 'Twas something virtual and free, as in ale or speech, to me.

Do you need to deliver your appliances in smaller packages or do you have an OVF and don't know how to use it? This how-to unravels the OVF mystery.

Putting XenServer 5 through its paces; getting hands-on with Citrix's latest virtualization solution.

Should you rely on a single virtualization technology or should you diversify?

The easiest, quickest, and cheapest virtualization method is at your fingertips -- you'll want to get to know OS-level virtualization.

You've heard the hype, now it's time to measure if you really need to jump into the virtualization fray.

The rise of non-Windows operating systems in the enterprise and the easy availability of powerful hardware is killing the "one OS for one box" model. This is a good thing because it allows users to easily work with, test on, and develop for multiple operating systems. And the best way to accomplish this is with virtualization.

Virtualization has recently become important technology for embedded systems. So, it is important for embedded-systems developers to understand the power and limitations of virtualization. This paper presents an introduction to virtualization technology and specifically discusses its application to embedded systems. It explains the inherent differences between the enterprise-systems style of virtualization and embedded system virtualization. It explains virtualization’s benefits in embedded systems, and with regard to security and IP protection. It discusses the limitations of plain virtualization approaches in embedded systems. These relate to the highly-integrated nature of embedded systems, specifically security and reliability requirements. It presents the microkernel approach to virtualization, and explains the microkernel’s suitability for embedded systems. It shows how microkernels like Open Kernel’s OKL4 technology overcome limitations of plain virtualization.

Being technical, you're probably eager to jump into the "how" of virt. But let's take a step back for a minute and look at just "what" this technology is.

Ubuntu JeOS (pronounced" juice") is an efficient variant of the Ubuntu Server operating system, configured specifically for virtual appliances. Soren Hansen and Nick Barcet discuss how to use JeOS to create your own virtual appliance to help distribute your applications.