Flash storage vendor Fusion-io has agreed to buy IO Turbine for up to $95 million to extend its on-server cache products to virtualized environments. IO Turbine provides software that allows cache ...

If we want to convert a Physical Machine to a Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, we need first to change the physical hard drive to a virtual one using a free utility called Disk2vhd. Then, since ...

Virtual PCs have important uses, such as providing a dedicated environment for testing new applications or enabling the parallel operation of multiple operating systems. But the virtualization ...

A virtual machine (VM) is an operating system that’s emulated within another operating system. You could run Windows within a MacBook as a virtual machine, or even Windows within Windows. Because of ...

It’s not quite as polished as its more expensive rivals, but UTM is a great option for running Windows business apps and software that aren’t available on the Mac. Despite its low price, UTM is ...

Qubes OS is a free open-source operating system that’s fully security-oriented. It leverages Xen-based virtualization, which allows the user to create, use and delete easily isolated compartments ...

How do you test Windows 11 for compatibility with essential apps without putting your work at risk? Simple: Use the built-in Hyper-V platform on your Windows 10 PC to create a virtual machine and ...

In VMWare VSphere, the Virtual Machine disks Consolidation Needed status is displayed in the Summary section if leftover virtual disk files or snapshots are not merged with the base virtual disk file ...

Running macOS on Windows is very much possible. PC aficionados may have already guessed it, but if you’re still wondering, we’re talking about running macOS on Windows using virtual machines. As the ...

You can create Hyper-V VMs in Windows 11 using a built-in Windows app or a new developer-oriented tool. Both come with gotchas. Here’s how it all works. Though it may seem that virtual machines, a.k.a ...

Converting virtual machines from VMware to other formats or platforms is a common requirement for various reasons, such as migration to different hypervisors, testing, or optimizing resource usage.