The capability of running a virtual machine hypervisor within a hypervisor. Nesting a VM inside another VM is used for testing and other experimental purposes. KVM, Hyper-V and VMware ESXi are ...

Microsoft this week announced a preview of nested virtualization on Windows 10 machines using AMD processors. Nested virtualization entails running a Hyper-V hypervisor within a Hyper-V-based virtual ...

The latest Windows 10 preview now has support for nested virtualization on machines using AMD processors, Microsoft announced this week. Nested virtualization entails running a Hyper-V hypervisor ...

Citing performance and security benefits, virtualization vendors are shoving more add-on software into the hypervisor layer. VMware Inc., Citrix Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. all allow for ...

IBM’s research division is working on several virtualization projects that could boost security of cloud computing networks, reduce data center power costs, and improve the ability to run multiple ...

While the virtues (and pitfalls) of the cloud have been exhaustively documented, the fact remains that it’s highly likely that the servers that house your applications and data are virtualized, ...

Part 1 of this five-part series defines virtualization; Part 2 takes a look at the business drivers for virtualization; and Part 3 examines the challenges enterprises face when they virtualize their ...

Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive. Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor Wednesday that can be loaded onto servers and ...

For years I've watched the delicate balance between enterprise IT groups and their security teams. Every now and then, there's a sea change in one area that gives rise to, let's say, passionate ...

From virtual rootkit "aka Blue Pill" attacks to attacks that make it possible to break out of a virtual machine's operating system to the underlying server OS -- there's been plenty of talk about ...