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- Hypervisor
- A system program that provides a virtual machine environment. The term came from the IBM mainframe world, which first introduced the virtual machine virtualization concept in the form of...
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- Sun VirtualBox 3.0
- Sun Microsystems released VirtualBox 3.0 today. One goal of this release is supporting workloads, such as database management systems, some collaborative applications and many web-based applications that rely on multiple processes running simultaneously. Another is offering support for high performance graphics for desktop applications. Here's...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Hypervisor, Sun Microsystems Inc., VirtualBox 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- 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
- Practical VM Security Techniques for Internal and External Virtualized Infrastructures
- Jumping onto the virtualization bandwagon makes great economic sense but can be risky if done without proper security measures. The presenter of this webcast discusses current trends in virtual infrastructure security while offering practical techniques for securely managing today's virtual infrastructures. The attendee will learn new approaches for virtualization security,...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Security, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2009-05-28
- Oracle under fire with x86 hypervisor licensing
- Oracle under fire with x86 hypervisor licensingJust an observationMost multi-socket, multi-core servers that I work with use just one VM for Oracle. Either you have a huge database - and no amount of "power" is too much - or you have a large Oracle server handling many instances of smaller...
- Tags: Virtualization, Oracle Corp., hypervisor, Intel x86
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Oracle under fire with x86 hypervisor licensing
- Burton Group's Chris Wolf has fired a salvo in Oracle's direction concerning its x86 hypervisor licensing policy. This is a long extract from a much more in depth piece but it is necessary to see what Chris is saying in order to understand the context (my emphasis added and apologies...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Oracle Corp., Intel X86, Customer, CPU, VM, Virtualization, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Virtualization: Architectural Considerations And Other Evaluation Criteria
- Of the many approaches to x86 systems virtualization available in the market today, the hypervisor architecture—in which virtual machines are managed by a software layer that is installed on bare metal—has gained the greatest market acceptance. This white paper examines the main issues about the hypervisor market: architecture, solution support...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Beyond the Hypervisor: A Holistic Approach to Developing Next-Generation Data Center Architecture
- As organizations work to evolve their IT infrastructure from a static collection of individual assets into a system capable of rapidly adapting to meet business demands, they have become very interested in the concept of infrastructure virtualization. And for good reason: properly architected and deployed, today's virtualization technologies hold significant...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Hypervisor, Information Technology, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Data Center Virtualization, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Data Centers, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2009-04-01
- 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 Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave Cutler
- Dave Cutler, the father of the NT and VMS operating systems, is a key member of Microsoft's Red Dog cloud OS team. I had a chance to ask Cutler about what he's working on now. Here's our exchange. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, Hypervisor, Operating System, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., Red Dog, Fabric Controller, MJF, Opposite, Virtualization, Team Management, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Management, Storage, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Red Hat virtualization friend of the little guy
- It makes all sorts of sense for an enterprise Linux vendor to seek to define what a virtualization system supports as anything Linux does. Trouble is logical and makes sense aren't the same as done in the world of code. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- 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
- I've Seen the Future of Computing: It's a Screen.
- In the not so far off future, computing for most of us will be reduced to remotely delivered subscriber services, running on cheap, commodity high-definition display units. The last few weeks have been a rush of virtualization and cloud-based announcements. In December, IBM...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, Computing, Josef Konsumer, Screen, Linux, Virtualization, Desktops, Thin Clients, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Citrix, Intel developing open source Xen desktop hypervisor
- Citrix's promised Xen-based desktop virtualization solution will be delivered in the second half of 2009. Earlier this week, the Ft Lauderdale virtualization company announced that it is co-developing the solution, known as "Project Independence," in collaboration with Intel, one of the original investors in the Xen open...
- Tags: Solution, Hypervisor, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Intel Corp., Desktop Assembly Platform, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Interview: rPath's Billy Marshall on how enterprises can virtualize applications as precursor to cloud use
- The cloud forces the older notion of "write-once, run anywhere" into a new level of "deploy correctly so you can exploit the benefits of cloud choices and save a lot of money." by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Dana Gardner, Benefits, Human Resources, Application, Hypervisor, Infrastructure, Virtual Machine, rPath, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Data Centers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Citrix makes "Kensho" preview available
- Citrix has delivered a technical preview of a toolkit that allows developers to create and deploy OVF-based virtual appliances that run on multiple virtualization hypervisors. The toolkit, which was introduced last July, is code named "Kensho" and provides the ability to create, import and deploy application workloads...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- SAN Deployment on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Using Emulex HBAs and CNAs
- With the unrelenting escalation of costs for power, cooling and data center footprint, IT managers are under pressure to extract even more performance from their hardware and software. Server virtualization never made more sense. Microsoft's Hyper-V is the next-generation hypervisor technology that provides highly efficient server virtualization fully integrated with...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Emulex Corp., SAN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- White papers 2008-10-01
- Will VMWare go open source without legal pressure?
- Will VMWare do the right thing open source what the GPL has already touched without legal pressure being brought to bear on it? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Open Source, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware: We have you surrounded
- Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware: We have you surroundedWhat's the difference minus the hype?"Red Hat intros VMware hypervisor alternative based on KVM""Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. has set itself up as the alternative to VMware Inc., ..."A Linux-based hypervisor"The new hypervisor is a lightweight embeddable hypervisor for hosting Red Hat Enterprise...
- Tags: Virtualization, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, VMware Inc., Hyper-V, hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw
- Intel has shipped a BIOS update with a fix for a privilege escalation vulnerability that was used by rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska to bluepill the Xen hypervisor. The vulnerability was discussed by Rutkowska at the Black Hat briefings earlier this month but details on the exploit were...
- Tags: Black Hat, Hypervisor, Motherboard, BIOS Update, Intel Corp., Flaw, System Management Mode, Level Privilege, BIOS, Virtualization, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-27

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