The latest version of VMware Fusion 3 brings invaluable new functions to the Windows virtualisation software for Macintosh
Almost overnight, running Windows on a Mac became a viable option when Apple adopted Intel processors in 2006. As well as installing Windows directly onto a separate disk partition, allowing you to work natively in Windows, virtualization software packages appeared that enabled the simultaneous use of Windows from within Mac OS X - and all without rebooting.
Cloud Server Enterprise Edition works with VCenter, Xen or Amazon Web Services
Elastra has announced the availability of its Cloud Server platform, which lets enterprises build public-private computing clouds, it said on Tuesday.
Jet Blue expects to save $US5 million over five years by moving from PCs to thin clients, the company's IT director says
Hewlett-Packard is trying to tackle concerns about the cost and complexity of thin-client computing with new products and tools announced Tuesday.
For all the sizzle, analysts cite five ways the steak isn't fully cooked.
With VMware's release of View 4 last week, the company is promising two things: Full desktop performance at a desktop price tag.
Widely acknowledged as a major player in the desktop virtualization market, Citrix still faces an interesting competitive challenge
Citrix's desktop virtualization customers are still using VMware's server hypervisor on the back end, but a Citrix executive claims a shift away from VMware is afoot.
Vendor announces HP Converged Infrastructure architecture and HP Converged Infrastructure Consulting Services to the market
Hewlett-Packard has unveiled new offerings to help customers address IT sprawl and build IT infrastructures that can quickly scale as the need arises.
HP's converged infrastructure, Cisco-EMC's joint Acadia convergence sign of return
A certain truth about the big IT vendors is they want to sell as much as possible to any one customer and now, with virtualization, cloud computing and very tight IT budgets, they believe they have an opening.
High customer demand leads to site issues after release of Fusion 3.0 and Workstation 7
VMware Inc. is having trouble getting VMware Fusion 3.0 out its download door and is getting customer complaints about timeouts and licensing problems.
Revenue rose but the company spent more on R&D
VMware's third-quarter profit dropped by more than half as the company invested more heavily in research and development, though its revenue increased 4 percent from a year earlier, the company said Wednesday.
XenDesktop 4 will now come with per-device as well as per-user licensing options
Citrix Systems has added more licensing options and editions to its upcoming desktop virtualization platform XenDesktop 4, including the option to pay by the number of devices used, it said on Tuesday.
Gartner predicts nearly half of server workloads will be virtualized by 2012
How fast is the shift to server virtualization happening? According to Gartner, 18% of server workloads this year run on virtualized servers; that share will grow to 28% next year and reach almost half by 2012.
Ncomputing's U170 that can run multimedia applications by connecting to a host machine's USB port
Ncomputing is launching a device that can be used to add a virtual client to a host PC via a USB connection.
The apartment block approach to virtualisation
It took some time to arrive but Parallels has entered new territory with the launch of its bare metal hypervisor. Parallels Server Bare Metal is aimed squarely at cloud computing providers enabling them to offer a range of new services to their customers.
The new form of virtualization is built upon KVM
Resolved to the fact that virtualization will be a key technology for businesses to move forward, open source IT solutions provider Red Hat declared on Friday its moves to clamp down on the new trend space, with a focus on next-generation virtualization technology.
SRM version 4 supports vSphere and other upgrades
VMware’s Site Recovery Manager is now supporting vSphere, eliminating one of the obstacles preventing customers from upgrading to the latest version of VMware’s virtualization platform.