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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“To support nested virtualization, the Nitro System passes the processor extensions, such as Intel VT-x, to instances to facilitate running nested virtual machines,” states a user guide to the new ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

During the past several years, there's been much attention spent at security events on handwringing over the security risks of cloud and virtualization adoption in the enterprise. The upcoming ...

VMware plans to open its hypervisor to security vendors with a set of APIs that make it easier to protect virtual machines from threats including viruses, Trojans and keyloggers. Without these APIs, ...

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 ...