But the foundational elements of virtualization--in some cases called a hypervisor--aren't in and of themselves likely to be a great moneymaker. Rather, it's the higher level.

Privilege levels, rings, and fooling the guest OS. In the previous installment of the Virtualization Guide, I talked in general ways about the exculsive hardware access privileges that the OS ...

With OS-level virtualization, there is no separate hypervisor layer. Instead, the host OS itself is responsible for dividing hardware resources among multiple virtual servers and keeping the ...

Hoping to appeal to corporate IT shops looking to do their first implementation of virtualization technology, SWsoft on Wednesday will introduce an entry-level turnkey solution of its flagship ...

The OS is responsible for managing the hardware and the privileged instructions to execute at Ring 0, while user-level applications run at Ring 3. The best example of para-virtualization is kernel ...

(e.g. Bare-metal -> Host OS -> Hypervisor -> Container -> OS.) Enterprise level virtualisation solutions will tend to remove this layer which generally offers much better performance as you are ...

If you haven't been paying a lot of attention, you might have missed the rise of a new form of virtualization, based at the operating system level, called 'containers.' While there are many specific ...

OpenVZ is a Linux kernel modified to include the OS-level virtualization technology (adapted from SWsoft’s Virtuozzo). It is licensed under GPLv2. Related content ...

In the last few years Virtualization has gone from a buzzword to a platform of choice in the world of Information Technology. Consumers already reap its benefits on a day to day basis as Banks ...

Microsoft is making a slew of virtualization-related announcements on March 18 -- including one that will be welcome by customers who've been stymied by the chip-level virtualization requirements ...