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.

In a recent discussion, the topic of Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors came up. To some, this is an arbitrary distinction that doesn't matter much as there's already an inherent understanding of what the ...

Many IT professionals think of virtualization in terms of virtual machines (VM) and their associated hypervisors and operating-system implementations, but that only skims the surface. An increasingly ...

One firm wants to allow its employees to access their files and applications from anywhere. The IT team at a second company is focused on its disaster recovery strategy, and a third organization has ...

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses. The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact ...

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools and the latter are often pressed into service in different ways, say nothing of the fact that the ...

Global cloud computing and digital systems today would not exist without virtualization and hypervisors. Virtualization and hypervisors are basic tools for implementing digital systems that respond ...

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.