Cloud-Init is a bit like custom templates, except it differs on two major accounts. For one, you can grab a pre-made ...

F or years, running Docker on Windows meant allocating multiple gigabytes of RAM to a heavy, full-blown virtual machine (VM), ...

You've heard plenty about cloud computing, the jargony term for accessing computing resources online--up in the Internet "cloud"--as a pay-as-you-go service. Now software outfit VMware wants to whisk ...

So I have a 5-host ESXi 5.0 u2 VMware cluster. I have just rolled out Veeam Enterprise, and would like to get started with some on-demand labs. In case you aren't familiar, I can set up some VMs to ...

This time of year brings a host of journalists, tech writers and industry observers out of the woodwork to make predictions about next year's products, services, mergers, failures and successes. I'm ...

I want to xp as the vm os. I am running Vista home premium right now and can't find any freeware like virtual pc from microsoft that is compatable. They only have it for ultimate? I spent too much on ...

New Linux users often ask me "what is the best way to learn about Linux?" My advice always comes down to this: install and use Linux (any distribution will do but something stable works better), and ...

Research Virtual Machine (RVM) is a subscription-based service that provides virtual machines (VMs) to the CWRU research community. VMs behave and provide the same user experience as you would have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover how technology helps business compete. If you’re VMware, you’ve grown cold at the thought that some of those enterprise ...