Few virtual computer environments are as stable, popular and rich in features as VMware. I've been a fan and user of VMware Workstation since version 2.0. I use it for testing network applications, ...

Cloud computing and virtualization software company VMware has announced that its flagship desktop software is now free for personal use. Individual users can now download and use VMWare Fusion Pro ...

Windows emulation software gives Linux desktop users the ability to run those "must-have" Windows programs. <I>Computerworld</I> community member Charles Bushong takes contenders VMware and Win4Lin ...

Lauren Malhoit explains how she extended her Linux partitions. I had a couple Zenoss VMware appliances that run Linux that needed to have more space allocated to them. I knew just adding another hard ...

VMware Workstation Player is the easiest way to run multiple operating systems at the same time on your computer. With its user-friendly interface, VMware Player makes it effortless, and it's free!

When it comes to virtualization on the desktop, two products stand front and center: VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. The former is the long-standing original keeper of the flame, from the company ...

In last week's article, we discussed virtualization and its role in reducing server sprawl. We included VMware server as one of the products used to virtualize a data center. VMware also sells a ...