Virtualization news from FierceCIO

In a case that rather dramatically highlighted the value of virtualization when it comes to business continuity, a team at the online Fielding Graduate University managed to relocate the entire... Read more...

The CommunityOne event saw Sun Microsystems introduce a new version of the OpenSolaris operating system. OpenSolaris 2009.06 comes with significant performance enhancements, as well as new features... Read more...

The widespread use of the Internet and the growing popularity of web applications has fueled a surge in demand for datacenters across the globe. The popularity of virtualization sated the public's... Read more...

You might be aware of Microsoft's decision to ease the transition to Windows 7 by using virtualization to provide a Windows XP mode (XPM). The idea here is to remove another potential barrier to... Read more...

Intel will be officially announcing the latest Xeon processors--code named "Nehalem EP"--in San Francisco today. The Nehalem architecture comes with improved performance and efficiency, and also... Read more...

Cloud computing is clearly coming into its own, offering new opportunities for companies to save money, increase performance and spur innovation. But the impact could lead to a loss of IT jobs as... Read more...

In a survey released mid-week, IDC said that worldwide server revenue in the last quarter of 2008 saw its largest drop in years. Server revenue fell to $13.5 billion, or a 14 percent year-over-year... Read more...

It may be a tough job market out there, but not an impossible one. A new survey by Robert Half Technology found that 12 percent of the more than 1,400 CIOs surveyed plan to hire employees during the... Read more...

Virtualization giant VMware has unveiled a free virtual desktop client that enterprise users can use to access their work machines from any mobile devices. In development for nearly a year, the... Read more...

In a bid to address one of the chief complaints about Windows Vista, Microsoft has released the first beta of a tool called the Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V). The role of MED-V... Read more...