Oracle Unveils VM VirtualBox 4.0

Further enhancing its open source, cross-platform virtualisation software, Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0. Part of Oracle’s portfolio of virtualisation solutions, Oracle VM VirtualBox enables desktop or laptop computers to run multiple guest operating systems simultaneously, allowing users to get the most flexibility and utilisation out of their PCs, and supports a variety of host operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, most popular flavours of Linux (including Oracle Linux), and Oracle Solaris.

Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 delivers increased capacity and throughput to handle greater workloads, enhanced virtual appliance capabilities, and significant usability improvements. It supports the latest in virtual hardware, including chipsets supporting PCI Express.

“Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 is the third major product release in just over a year, and adds to the many new product releases across the Oracle Virtualisation product line, illustrating the investment and importance that Oracle places on providing a comprehensive desktop to datacentre virtualisation solution,” said Wim Coekaerts, Senior Vice President, Linux and Virtualisation Engineering, Oracle. “With an improved user interface and added virtual hardware support, customers will find Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 provides a richer user experience.”