When it comes to virtual machines for Linux I reach a dilemma. Luckily, I have the free VM for Linux, Xen, running a DNS server on my web site. I say luckily since many people of whom I know cannot ...

Microsoft offers Virtual Server as a free download; to provide support under current Microsoft support contracts for Linux guest OSes.

In December 2005 Microsoft began offering Virtual Server 2005 for $199 Enterprise Edition and $99 Standard Edition. As of today, Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition is free to download here.

Virtual appliances are great for the same reasons physical appliances took the IT world by storm: They make deployment a snap — even instantaneous — while at the same time reducing costs.

CentOS 5.3 (foreground) and Scientific Linux (background) running fully paravirtualized in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2. CentOS 5.3 (foreground) and Scientific Linux (background) running ...

The company is expanding its hosting business to include virtual Linux servers set up on zSeries mainframes that use partitioning technology to isolate users from one another.