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Virtuozzo’s Lite option shrinks the cloud, and the safety net - Web Hosting News

Virtuozzo’s Lite option for Infrastructure System 8.0 uses local storage on one or two servers for small deployments, but requires careful planning for failover, backups, and migration. The update includes VMware migration tools, Nvidia GPU support, and a claimed lower TCO versus VMware, contingent on matching hardware and service assumptions.

Virtual Machines, Agentic AI and the Mix of Workloads

A research report examines the role of VMs in production workloads and agentic AI. It reports that most organizations expect VM use to remain steady, while some are expanding VM capacity for AI and adopting MicroVM sandboxing and confidential computing.

HyperArmor: Broadcom's response to AI attacks on VMware ESX | heise online

Translated title. Original: HyperArmor: Broadcoms Antwort auf KI-Angriffe auf VMware ESX | heise online

Broadcom showcases active ESX-hypervisor protection named HyperArmor at VMware Explore, with features like Virtual Patching and SSH MFA, but offers no new vSphere Express announcement or pricing details; it also outlines integration with VMware AI Factory and related security tools, while noting ongoing questions about rules delivery, VMkernel enforcement, and performance.

Talos Linux: From Kubernetes-OS to virtualization and AI platform | heise online

Translated title. Original: Talos Linux: Vom Kubernetes-OS zur Virtualisierungs- und KI-Plattform | heise online

Talos Linux expands beyond Kubernetes to support containers and VMs via a new Hypervisor (libvirt/QEMU/KVM) and a centralized director tool, with declarative configuration and edge-focused capabilities, plus an enterprise edition with compliance features and AI-oriented extensions.

Docker has always used microVMs - Dave Scott

The author traces Docker Desktop’s microVM roots to Docker’s 2016 acquisition of Unikernel Systems and explains how unikernel ideas shaped its virtual machine design. The same technology now underpins Docker Sandboxes, where each sandbox runs in a separate isolated microVM.

Virtualization: Multipass with Debian, Fedora in the image catalog | heise online

Translated title. Original: Virtualisierung: Multipass mit Debian, Fedora im Image-Katalog | heise online

The article explains using Multipass to manage virtual machine images, specifically Debian and Fedora, with notes on English availability, translation assistance, and editorial review.

Perplexity publishes its internal sandbox platform SPACE for agents as open source – Unite.AI

Translated title. Original: Perplexity veröffentlicht seine interne Sandbox-Plattform SPACE für Agenten als Open Source – Unite.AI

Perplexity open-sourced its SPACE sandbox platform, a VM-based environment for agent runtimes that isolates workloads, manages sessions, and secures credentials and networks. The move, completed after replacing a commercial sandbox provider in July, aims to accelerate development and enable production-tested tooling, while maintaining security through independent controls and ongoing safety assessments.

Docker Containers Aren't Virtual Machines: How Namespaces, cgroups, and OverlayFS Actually Work Under the Hood - DEV Community

Docker containers are not virtual machines; they are Linux processes sandboxed by Namespaces and controlled with Control Groups and OverlayFS. The Docker architecture flows from the CLI to dockerd, containerd, containerd-shim, and runc, which leverages kernel calls to run the app, with OCI standards guiding image and runtime behavior.

ASCII.jp: VMware is a company that provides security—where it stands three years after the Broadcom acquisition (1/2)

Translated title. Original: ASCII.jp：VMwareはセキュリティを提供する企業　Broadcom買収から3年後の現在地 (1/2)

VMware introduces HyperArmor for host-level virtual patching to harden ESX, integrated with VCf security and private AI cloud capabilities; it uses MFA, proactive zero-trust, and supports multiple AI models, aiming to reduce patching downtime and enhance protection across virtualization layers.

Designing a Highly Available Oracle Database on Amazon EVS and FSx for ONTAP | Amazon Web Services Blog

Translated title. Original: Amazon EVS と FSx for ONTAP 上で高可用性の Oracle Database を設計する | Amazon Web Services ブログ

This article explains how to design a highly available Oracle Database on Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP, preserving VMware workflows while delivering low storage latency, cross-region DR, and scalable storage. It covers architecture components, host/VM sizing, and migration options from on-premises VMware to EVS, plus considerations for licensing and deployment options using VCF 9.x on bare-metal instances.