Many software applications run on “least privilege,” meaning that the software only receives minimal access to the hardware, other applications, and other system resources. A security context ...

Broadcom introduced VMware HyperArmor, a new software solution to help further protect the VMware ESX hypervisor component of ...

The bare-metal hypervisor, also known as a Type 1 hypervisor, is desktop virtualization software that is installed directly onto the PC’s hardware. But the technology is in its infancy — even big ...

Different agencies have different hypervisor needs as they work to manage IT resources more efficiently by using virtual representations of physical machines such as storage, networks and services.

Hypervisors often get overlooked as a technology in favor of the flashier concept of virtualization, but you can’t get to the fun of virtualization until you understand what a hypervisor does within a ...

VirtualBox is an open-source computer hypervisor software package maintained by Oracle. VirtualBox is capable of running on multiple platforms and handling different kinds of virtual disk formats, ...

In a similar move to the Citrix-McAfee alliance earlier this year, Virtual Computer and global IT security firm Sophos have announced a global alliance to proactively safeguard virtual environments ...

A client-side hypervisor is a virtual machine monitor (VMM) that resides in and virtualizes a user's computer (see client virtualization). Type 1 hypervisors are the computer's master control program.

Virtualization unlocks new ways to use your PC.

Desktop virtualization is hot — ask any IT pundit. But it can also be confusing, because the market contains a variety of server- and client-based technologies for creating virtual desktops. Virtual ...