If you play the "first thing that comes to mind" game, and someone asks you to name a virtualization platform, more often than not, someone will yell out VMware or specifically VMware ESX Server. But ...

VMware Inc. this week will launch the first major upgrade of its flagship server virtualization software in nearly two years, along with several tools aimed at wringing more savings out of enterprise ...

Version 3.1 of Sun's VirtualBox hosted virtualization software gains new features such as Teleportation, snapshots, and 2D acceleration Sun is continuing to push its virtualization agenda forward.

Extra processing power also lets users multitask more effectively. For example, one core could be used for surfing the Web, while the second core is handling an anti-virus scan. (Processor affinity ...