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Citrix's "Kensho" Open Virtual Format tools will drive hypervisor interoperability, Microsoft Hyper-V

Citrix's "Kensho" Open Virtual Format tools will drive hypervisor interoperability, Microsoft Hyper-Vgreat good stuff.. except for the fact that citrix COST A FORTUNE!People think MS is expensive.. yea.. buy some citrix or vmware stuff.

Tags: Virtualization, PRODUCTIVITY, hypervisor interoperability, Kensho, Open Virtual Format, Microsoft Hyper-V, hypervisor, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., tool

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

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Red Hat, Microsoft deliver on virtualization interop promises

It's more than notable that Red Hat and Microsoft have delivered on some aspects of their cross certification virtualization promises. Here's what was delivered today (verbatim, from the Red Hat press release), following pledges of both companies last February: Validation of Red Hat Enterprise...

Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Linux, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-07

When is a VMware cloud a vCloud? Let the API wars begin

Attention enterprises â€"Pop Quiz: If your favorite hosting provider launches a cloud service that supports VMware vSphere and is part of the VMware vCloud initative, are they providing you with the rich vCloud functionality VMware is touting at VMworld this week? The answer is no, because vCloud...

Tags: API, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?

Microsoft's decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware's bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers...

Tags: Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta testing

It was a big day for Xen and a big day for the other open source virtualizatio hypervisor as well. Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform -- including a standalone hypervisor,  virtualization manager for servers and virtualization manager for the desktop -- moved into beta testing on Tuesday....

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-16

News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2? ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Novell delivers SUSE Linux Enterprise 11

As the other Linux provider, Novell goes to great lengths to differentiate its offering from rival Red Hat. The company's expansive version 11 platform is no exception, and is said to promise unique advances in virtualization, management, interoperability, high availability and desktop computing. ...

Tags: Desktop, Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, High Availability Extension, Open Source, UNIX, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-03-24

VMWare's filesystem clustering cracked open

Late last week, an important plate in VMWare's proprietary battle armor was cracked open when Fluid Operations, the company behind the eCloudmanager storage virtualization product open-sourced on the community Google Code site their clean room implementation of VMFS, the clustered locking file system used by VMWare's ESX Server hypervisor...

Tags: Hypervisor, Clustering, File System, VMware Inc., VMFS, Virtualization, Ip storage, Open Source, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy

The open source hypervisor landscape got a lot more interesting today after the latest announcements from Red Hat and Citrix. Both were shots across the bow of VMware’s juggernaut, but Red Hat’s volley may have overshot and struck Xen.org in the stern. Citrix, the flag bearer for...

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-02-23

It's true: Microsoft and Red Hat cooperate on virtualization

I thought I was dreaming when a Microsoft friend told me yesterday that Microsoft and Red Hat are cooperating on virtualization. But it is true, and somewhat inevitable for the reluctant rivals. Microsoft and Red Hat will offer joint technical support on their respective...

Tags: Novell Inc., Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Chances, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Novell updates PlateSpin and rebrands Orchestrator

Richard Whitehead, one of the interesting people from Novell I speak with on an irregular basis, contacted me to tell me about an update to the PlateSpin portfolio and how Novell the PlateSpin product family and the former ZenWorks Orchestrator have been rebranded. Novell's products in the area of virtualization...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Microsoft: It's time to consummate the marriage with Citrix already

The relationship between Microsoft and Citrix is much like that of a man who has been serially dating the same woman for 15 years, but never seems to be able to consummate the deal. He's afraid of commitment, or perhaps like that old expression goes, why...

Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-13

Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days

Novell took a lot of heat from open source backers for executing an interoperability pact with Microsoft in late 2006 but the partnership -- strengthened with a new $100 million investment from Microsoft today -- is probably looking sweeter to mixed IT shops these days. Why? Because of recent...

Tags: Novell Inc., Interoperability, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Virtualization, OpenOffice, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-20

News to know: Apple vs. Psystar; Intel; Microsoft and multicore; Linux kernel

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple sues Psystar Sam Diaz: Complaint: 'Invaluable good is being eroded' Larry Dignan: The end of the Mac clones? Jason D. O'Grady: Apple: See you in court Larry Dignan: Intel's second quarter delivers; Cheap laptop demand...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Linux Kernel, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Twitter, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Linux, Channel Management, Mainframes, Open Source, Telecommunications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Servers

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Citrix's "Kensho" Open Virtual Format tools will drive hypervisor interoperability, Microsoft Hyper-V

Citrix will ship in the third quarter a technical preview of Open Virtual Machine format tools that will allow developers and IT pros to create virtual, portable application workloads that run on XenServer and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Oh, and yes, add VMWare ESX to that list ...

Tags: Interoperability, Hypervisor, Citrix Systems Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, OVF, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Productivity, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-07-15

SLES 10.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux upgrades offer better Microsoft, IBM support

The two largest commercial Linux providers have released updates to their distributions with enhanced virtualization features and better support for Microsoft and IBM environments. On Wednesday, Novell announced availability of its SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 and Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux 5.2 hit the streets. ...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Desktop, Novell Inc., Linux, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-22

News to know: EC vs. Microsoft; Google Sites; Evernote's incredible search; iPhone roadmap

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine Mary Jo Foley: European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable? Dennis Howlett: Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine John Carroll: Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Nanotechnology, Hacking, Software As A Service (SaaS), Security, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source mission

In 2005, hot new startup XenSource was positioning itself as the open source alternative to VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server. Then came a controversial pact in 2006 between the powers that be at the Palo Alto virtualization software company and Microsoft. The mail goal, XenSource executives...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Microsoft's open-source strategy: A picture is worth a thousand words

Does Microsoft have an open-source strategy -- beyond finding new ways to thwart Linux and other non-proprietary wares? Sam Ramji, Microsoft's Director of Platform Technology Strategy and the company's Open Source Software Lab, says it does. And it's a lot less touchy-feely than this definition, which is...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., OSS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Red Hat, Novell race to offer better Windows guest support, Windows Server 2008 virtualization support

Even as rival Novell celebrates an expanded technical collaboration with Microsoft, Red Hat has released a 5.1 update designed to make its Linux a better platform for virtualizing Linux and Windows workloads. The software, released Wednesday, for instance, offers live migration and save/restore support for fully...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Inc., Xen, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Linux, Storage Management, Servers, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-11-08