Item: Oracle VM VirtualBox
Rating: 10
Author: Casey Smith

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for testing software on different operating systems and their default web browsers. It addresses the problem of needing to maintain multiple computers with different OSes; instead, we each run Oracle VM on our local machines and instantly have access to Windows or Mac OS.

Pros and Cons

Provides a native environment for testing different OSes
It launches the environments very quickly
It's very customizable so we can attach to different networks, change environment settings, etc

Setting up a new VM could be a little more intuitive

Return on Investment

It's had a positive impact in that it replaces the need to maintain computers with varying operating systems.

Other Software Used

Laravel PHP Framework, HipChat, Slack

Likelihood to Recommend

It's very well suited for testing software specific to operating systems. It's not as well suited for actually developing software on the VMs because you can lose your data if you're not careful.

We love using Oracle VM VirtualBox

Overall Satisfaction with Oracle VM VirtualBox

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros and Cons

Return on Investment

Other Software Used

Likelihood to Recommend

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