A virtual machine environment that enables guest operating systems to run as is without modifications. Contrast with paravirtualization.
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
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- Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- My Top Scary Technology Trends
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
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- Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- With AppSense, making sense of managing the virtual desktop user experience
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- Note to all Knuckleheads....The vulnerability affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 and earlier versions on Windows, Macintosh and UNIXWhy announce at all? Just fix the thingI'm getting really tired of any company that gives the ostensibly obligatory "We're on that!" and then it's some time before the fix comes. These...
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
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- Intel's Maloney: Enhanced technology can address demands of new data center
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely
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- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Review: Snow Leopard ramps up performance and business-readiness of Mac OS X
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Omaha college teams with IBM for data center degree program
- The Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska, is using funding from a U.S. Department of Labor grant to build out an enterprise data center chuck full of IBM equipment. Those systems, which are Power Systems running AIX, IBM i and Linux, will be used as the foundation for the college's...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- VMWare's Maritz: IT spending patterns need change if industry intends to grow
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- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- News to know: VMWare; White House; Google Books; Skype; Apple vs Android
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- Blog posts 2009-08-31
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