Few virtual computer environments are as stable, popular and rich in features as VMware. I've been a fan and user of VMware Workstation since version 2.0. I use it for testing network applications, ...

VMware’s latest salvo in its virtualization war with Microsoft is vSphere 5.5, which features a host of improvements, the most interesting being high availability, support for Big Data/Hadoop and ...

VMware Workstation 5 adds significant new features and performance enhancements. Multiple snapshots let you return to previous or alternate configurations. The Clone feature allows easy duplication of ...

Ah, Day Five of my VMware 5.0 training trek is finally here and with it comes HA Clustering, Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS), Patch Management and ESXi Installation. VMware's fault tolerance and ...

VMware 5.0 ships with a new feature known as VM Storage DRS. Though you're probably more familiar with host DRS, don't confuse the two. Storage DRS' design is to take some pressure off of VMware ...

Redmond’s contentious Windows 8 is almost upon us, and the virtualization apps are already prepped for it with the latest incarnations of Parallels Desktop 8 and VMware Fusion 5. While the main focus ...

Following Broadcom changes to VMware software licensing, tech analyst firm DCIG digs into VMware vSphere alternative solutions from Hive, Microsoft, Nutanix, Scale and VergeIO. There are many ...

Three years after being bought by EMC, VMware is going public. EMC announced plans Wednesday to offer 10 percent of its virtualization software subsidiary in an initial public offering (IPO). The ...

In last week's article, we discussed virtualization and its role in reducing server sprawl. We included VMware server as one of the products used to virtualize a data center. VMware also sells a ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. VMware Workstation 5 adds significant new features and ...