Software distribution is taking an interesting turn with virtual appliances, which combine an application and underlying operating system. If you have ever had the experience of trying out a new ...

For all of my 25+ years in IT, the “software vs. hardware” debate has raged on. During that time, their benefits were mutually exclusive. In many instances, software gave us total flexibility, but ...

VMware executives spent much of their time at VMworld explaining the workings and benefits of virtual appliances and virtual desktop PCs. VMware this week said it is launching a program to market and ...

It is one of two new virtual tape libraries the company is introducing this week aimed at bringing down the cost of the technology. The FalconStor VTL Virtual Appliance is a pre-configured, ...

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Vendors created the appliance market by delivering their software applications pre-installed on standalone servers. The goal was to simplify installation for the users and to make support easier ...

Licensing has been an issue in virtualization ever since virtual servers began multiplying the number of operating systems and applications that could run on physical servers. Virtual appliances — ...

In our last entry we discussed the value of virtual appliances and how they might be a better option for the data center than stand alone appliances are today. If you agree that there is value in ...

New study shows that even security vendors can use outdated and vulnerable virtual appliances. Top advice: Make sure your vulnerability management processes include virtual appliances. Virtual ...

Oracle is trying to grab virtualization market share, but are virtual appliances going to be enough? Is Oracle VM 3.0 too far out? Oracle still seems to be trying to get both feet into the ...

Software vendors are often distributing their wares on virtual appliances with exploitable and fixable vulnerabilities, and running on outdated or unsupported operating systems: The Orca Security ...

Organisations of all shapes and sizes are being left at risk of compromise by supplier failings around virtual appliance vulnerabilities, according to new research by Orca Security which revealed ...