Since 2007, when the Linux 2.6.20 kernel was released, Linux has had its own built-in hypervisor: Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). What was nice about that was that it made virtualization easy if ...

Xen and lguest virtualization technologies have been folded into the Linux kernel, giving future Linux distributions a more direct link to the virtualization techniques. KVM (Kernel-based Virtual ...

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Linux can be had for free, but the real cost savings to enterprises stem from its greater propensity to be virtualized. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, ...

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, more commonly referred to as KVM, is one of the most popular open-source virtualization technologies in use today. Both IBM and Red Hat use it as the basis for their ...

With Intel processors supporting the company’s Virtualization Technology (VT) becoming more pervasive, Linux kernel developers are writing the code to improve hardware virtualization and hence ...

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In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license. The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called Linux ...

Parallels Inc. today released a new version of its Windows/Linux desktop virtualization software, saying it should be able to run some applications as much as eight times faster than its prior version ...

With the unveiling of a comprehensive service pack Wednesday, Novell will bolster virtualization, clustering, and desktop capabilities in its Suse Linux product family. Available June 2, the Suse ...