PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 11, 2013) - VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has placed VMware in the ...

X86 virtualization is often a risky proposition for highly regulated, mission-critical applications, because people and processes are not ready for virtualization and the security risks it introduces, ...

Practical X86-virtualization, as pioneered by VMware, has profoundly changed IT, in a way that no other technology advance has ever done before. Once perfected, the insertion of a thin virtualization ...

In a new blog post, Adam Jollans, program director, Linux and Open Virtualization Strategy, IBM, comments on a new Gabriel Consulting white paper: As we approach VMware’s annual VMworld 2012 ...

Thanks to the backward, “all software owns the entire system” design of the x86 CPU architecture, PC client and server virtualization is one of the most challenging tasks facing system software ...

It’s been a trend for some time now: enterprise buyers turning from Risc-based servers to increasingly powerful x86 systems as a way to cut costs and improve efficiencies. At first, it was a one ...

Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant report for x86 server virtualization infrastructure shows that the two leading companies in the space -- VMware and Microsoft -- continue to outpace the competition, ...

In the previous installment of the Virtualization Guide, I talked in general ways about the exculsive hardware access privileges that the OS reserves for itself. Now it’s time to nuance that picture a ...

Explore the 2026 ARM vs x86 battle—comparing processor architecture, CPU performance, and energy efficiency to reveal which chip design leads modern computing innovation.

Apple yesterday announced plans to build future Macs with its own custom silicon chips, and to ease the transition away from Intel processors, Apple revived the "Rosetta" feature that allowed PowerPC ...

When it comes to squeezing out the last bit of performance from hardware, some see virtualization as the answer to the call. And for the most part, it is the answer. Server hardware is notoriously ...

Mac users who rely on Windows virtualization software might be left in the lurch when Apple transitions to its own custom ARM processors later this year, as the company's Rosetta Intel-to-ARM ...