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Freely Available xVM VirtualBox: The desktop virtualisation that supports any operating system to give you the flexibility you need for applications development.

Sun xVM VirtualBox is a small-footprint, high-performance virtualisation solution that installs and runs - just like an application - on your existing Windows, Solaris OS, OpenSolaris, Mac OS X or Linux desktop or laptop. It lets you create multiple virtual machines which can each run one of a wide range of operating systems - so a single desktop or laptop can run multiple operating systems and applications at the same time.

VirtualBox - Flexible, Compact and Fast

With VirtualBox, you can run a variety of operating systems - anything from the latest Microsoft Vista, Solaris OS, OpenSolaris and Ubuntu releases, to old Windows 98, NT 4.0, XP, Server 2003, DOS or many other operating systems, including OS/2 - as ‘guests’ on your PC or Apple Mac. With less than 20Mb to download, VirtualBox is very compact and, as it’s very efficient, VirtualBox ensures that your chosen ‘guest’ operating systems can run at near-native speeds on your host desktop or laptop. Furthermore, VirtualBox doesn't require you to remove your existing operating system.

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Designed for expansion, VirtualBox includes APIs that are exposed at every level - including Web Services - to encourage the development of a wide range of solutions based on VirtualBox. The VirtualBox.org forums provide an opportunity for developers and users to discuss VirtualBox, help each other, download code, report problems, view the status of issues... and help improve VirtualBox.

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"We looked at all of the big competitors out there, including VMware. After evaluating the competition, we found the best performance, features and extensibility in VirtualBox. These are critical to the storage capacity, continuous backup and disaster recovery solution we provide to SMBs."

Akash Saraf
CEO
Zenith Infotech

 
 
Podcast - New Advances in Desktop Virtualisation Technology

Andy Hall, Senior Product Manager - Sun xVM VirtualBox, Sun Microsystems, discusses VirtualBox technology and the future of desktop virtualisation.

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Video - Sun xVM VirtualBox Overview

Analyst, Michael Cote - from RedMonk - discusses xVM VirtualBox with Vijay Sarathy, Sun Microsystems.

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Video - Sun xVM VirtualBox Demo

Vijay Sarathy, Senior Director of xVM Marketing, Sun Microsystems, demonstrates xVM VirtualBox.

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Download Sun xVM VirtualBox... now

VirtualBox binaries are available for download and use - free of charge - in accordance with the PUEL (Personal Use and Evaluation License) terms. VirtualBox source code is freely available and licensed under GPL2 - as the Open Source Edition.

For organisations that want to deploy VirtualBox across their business, Sun offers Sun xVM VirtualBox Enterprise Subscriptions - which include a Sun Software License Agreement and Premium Service Plan.

Sun xVM VirtualBox

• Free of charge desktop virtualisation product.


Sun xVM VirtualBox Open Source Edition

• Source code - for developers who want to compile and build their own product.


Enterprise Subscription

• Roll out VirtualBox across your business - includes 24/7 support hotline.


OEM licenses

• Redistribute components of VirtualBox or build derivative works.
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