Sun Microsystems has released VirtualBox 2.2, an update to the company's free and open source desktop virtualization solution. The new release includes a number of performance and feature enhancements ...

Sun Microsystems has released VirtualBox 2.2, an update to the company's free and open source desktop virtualization solution. The new release includes a number of performance and feature enhancements ...

OVF is exactly what the industry needs to push server virtualization toward more dynamic data centers and integration with cloud computing.

My fallback plan was to use the VMware Open Virtualization Format, or OVF. The OVF is a platform-independent, efficient, extensible, and open packaging and distribution format for all VMs.

With VMworld 2008 upon us next month, the challenges virtualization presents IT managers is top of mind for many vendors and industry organizations.

Open Virtualization Format could solve key problems with virtualization deployments. It's got key vendors behind it. And it's likely to be even more important as the use of cloud computing ...

“OVF is a game-changer for how services and applications can be used in the data center,” Bumpus says. “It’s predominantly for virtual servers at this point, but it will enable IT managers ...

Back in September 2008, the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) announced the virtualization standard known as the Open Virtualization Format, or OVF, had reached the preliminary standard status.