Two years ago, we visited the subject of free desktop virtualization hypervisors. At the time, the two preferred free solutions were Sun's xVM VirtualBox and and VMware Server 2.0. Things have changed ...

Parallels and VMware may have the more popular virtualization solutions, but Oracle's free VirtualBox solution may be a useful alternative for those who need to run other operating systems on their ...

Oracle VM VirtualBox is the most advanced free desktop-based virtualization utility and the most advanced open-source version virtualization software, too. It's not the best or easiest to use ...

Update to Oracle’s virtualization application adds remote control of cloud-hosted VMs and the ability to fully encrypt virtual machines. Oracle VM VirtualBox 7, the latest release of the company’s ...

This past summer, I posted a primer to consumer virtualization with the promise of following-up with in-depth looks at the various hypervisors available on the consumer side. It’s taken me a while, I ...

The latest Windows 10 preview now has support for nested virtualization on machines using AMD processors, Microsoft announced this week. Nested virtualization entails running a Hyper-V hypervisor ...

VMware Workstation 11 has the edge in performance and polish, while VirtualBox 2.3.20 leads in platform support and price. Few technologies have had a greater impact on business efficiency and IT ...