Desktop virtualization is hot — ask any IT pundit. But it can also be confusing, because the market contains a variety of server- and client-based technologies for creating virtual desktops. Virtual ...

Congatec is to ship an installed hypervisor with many of its x86 computer-on-modules as standard. The hypervisor in question is related to RTS Hypervisor from Real-Time Systems – a company owned by ...

With most organisations actively deploying virtualisation technology today, the criticality of these assets grows by the day. Unfortunately, there are many potential security issues with the various ...

In a similar move to the Citrix-McAfee alliance earlier this year, Virtual Computer and global IT security firm Sophos have announced a global alliance to proactively safeguard virtual environments ...

Desktop hypervisors offer companies a way to run multiple operating systems, and the applications tied to them, on a single client machine. Common use cases would be support staff, help desk and ...

A client-side hypervisor is a virtual machine monitor (VMM) that resides in and virtualizes a user's computer (see client virtualization). Type 1 hypervisors are the computer's master control program.

Snapshots are a well-known and mature technology used for data protection, historically found in storage arrays. With the advent of virtualisation, the hypervisor now provides an alternative location ...

The bare-metal hypervisor, also known as a Type 1 hypervisor, is desktop virtualization software that is installed directly onto the PC’s hardware. But the technology is in its infancy — even big ...