Virtualization race heating up (e)
July 20, 2006 01:22 | 1 CommentNot suprisingly the “heat” in the server virtualization race is heating up after the Microsoft - Xen deal. VMWare has responded by claiming that Xen is leaving it’s open source roots behind and effectively opening up an alley for Microsoft to “de-gpl” Xen. Read more about the heated response …
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July 18, 2006 09:30 | 3 CommentsThis press release caught my eye. Entitled “Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server “Longhorn” Virtualization” it signals an intent from Microsoft and Xen to attack VMWare directly, and it seems to give Microsoft a hypervisor quicker than anticipated. Interesting indeed.
Virtualization: Free as in Beer (e)
April 4, 2006 10:24 | 3 CommentsVMWare started the race by offering VMWare Player and Virtual Server free of charge. Today Microsoft has decided to step up to the plate by starting to offer Virtual Server 2005 R2 free of charge. At the same time Microsoft now offers support on running Linux inside their Virtual …
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VMware has released Update 3 for their enterprise ESX(i) platform. Read the release notes for more details.
Mike Lietz just gave me a quick pointer in #habari to something I was completely unaware of….
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As of today I’m officially a Watchguard Certified System Professional and I’ve got the PDF to prove it….Virtualization.info reports that Mendel Rosenblum has also left VMware after Diane Greens departure in July. Interesting times for VMware certainly.
Brokenkode.com is now powered by Habari. About freaking time, Khaled! Seriously, Khaled has a nice writeup outlining his views on the current state of Habari market penetration….
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