Virtualization
Learn how to manage and secure virtual environments, stay current on virtualization news, and discover best practices for getting the most out of desktop and server virtualization.
Virtual assistant faceoff: Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant and Siri
A lot can change in a year. Just ask Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, Google Assistant and Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistants. We posed the same questions to all four in the summer of 2015 and again in fall 2016, with notable...
Xen Project patches serious virtual machine escape flaws
The Xen Project has fixed four vulnerabilities in its widely used virtualization software, two of which could allow malicious virtual machine administrators to take over host servers.
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Case study: Using VCloud to replicate data offsite
At VMworld, Network World chatted with Tom White, IT Director at Environmental Science Corp., about how he virtualized disaster recovery using cloud technologies.
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Behind the scenes of the VMworld hands-on labs
At VMworld, Network World's Brandon Butler gets a tour of the hands-on lab training areas to see what attendees learn from the experience.
Hot products from VMWorld 2016
VMware has moved its domestic VMWorld conference to Las Vegas – and what better place than under the bright lights of the strip to talk about the latest in virtualization, SDN, containers, hyperconverged infrastructure and mobile...
8 cool “habitable” planets
Goldilocks?Image by NASAWith the discovery of a possibly habitable Earth-sized orbiting around our own nearest star some four light-years in the distance, we thought we’d take a look at some of the other potential Goldilocks planets...
VR, machine learning drive tech job market
Demand for virtual reality experts and machine learning engineers is spiking as enterprise adoption of these technologies grows.
PowerShell for Linux makes it easier to mix clients, servers and clouds
Multiple platforms are now the norm for IT infrastructure. To address that Microsoft is bringing its key configuration tools to Linux and Mac OS to make it easier for customers and partners to handle their workloads, which also...
Parallels Desktop 12 brings Windows and Xbox to macOS
Performance, memory handling many useful improvements for the new edition of the popular virtualization software for Mac
NASA $1M contest intent on sending robots to Mars
NASA engineers want humanoid robots to help astronauts living and working on Mars to help build habitats, grow food and make potable water.
Respect: Windows 10 security impresses hackers
Windows is a popular attack target for criminals and researchers alike, but Microsoft has done a good job of making it harder to target security flaws in the OS
Microservices, Java-on-Java top Oracle’s JVM design goals
Oracle's ambitious plans focus on density, scaling, and stronger language capabilities
Citrix & LogMeIn complete complicated, tax-free sort-of merger
LogMeIn, the makers of the popular remote desktop software as well as IT security and other offerings, will become part of a Citrix subsidiary in the wake of a complicated, $1.8 billion transaction announced Tuesday by the two...
Like AT&T, Verizon is going virtual for enterprises
On Thursday, Verizon announced enterprise services defined and activated through software, a move intended to help both the carrier and its customers save money and respond more quickly to changing needs.
4 numbers that stood out in VMware’s earnings
: VMware this week updated investors on the progress of emerging technologies playing an increasingly significant role in the company’s earnings. VMware’s product mix includes not just compute virtualization, but network...
ContainerX steps into the limelight with a new container platform for enterprises
Enterprises interested in tapping container technology now have a brand-new option for managing it: ContainerX, a multitenant container-as-a-service platform for both Linux and Windows.
3 ways to improve security as you embrace containers
A rare opportunity to get application security right
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