December 23, 2008 (Computerworld)
Server virtualization, using software products like VMware, has been adopted by different organizations to varying degrees, with some successes and some not-so-successful outcomes. In 2009, the virtualization trend
apace.
As a technology, virtualization is 36 years old. It first appeared in the form of the VM/370 operating system for IBM mainframes in 1972. VM/370 allowed a mainframe to be logically partitioned Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years, the server virtualization strategy at Sun Microsystems has been spotty, but recently it has been evolving to include a variety of new techniques. Dynamic domains, Solaris containers, logical domains, and on x64 iron, support for Xen and ESX Server hypervisors are all part of the fare now.
Sun bought its way into the desktop virtualization arena this past February, and it is determined to be a player here, too, even if its own desktop Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years, the server virtualization strategy at Sun Microsystems has been spotty, but recently it has been evolving to include a variety of new techniques. Dynamic domains, Solaris containers, logical domains, and on x64 iron, support for Xen and ESX Server hypervisors are all part of the fare now.
Sun bought its way into the desktop virtualization arena this past February, and it is determined to be a player here, too, even if its own desktop Read the rest of this entry »

and other mobile devices next year, a company official said Wednesday.
on their iPhones as they would on their desktop computers, and move seamlessly between the two, says John Humphreys, senior director of product marketing for Citrix.
The capability will be part of Citrix App Receiver and become available in 2009, he said. The product is a software client that would be installed on both a user's computer and mobile phone, and work in conjunction Read the rest of this entry »

Hewlett-Packard hopes to widen the use of its desktop virtualization products with new software that will improve video playback and allow the use of USB peripherals such as webcams, the company announced Monday.
HP is also rebranding its desktop virtualization suite as the HP Virtual Client Essentials, and adding Linux support for its broker software, called Session Allocation Manager, which runs only on Windows today, HP said.
Most of the updates Read the rest of this entry »

enterprise connectivity software, which can take advantage of virtualization and enhanced failover clustering featured in
Windows Server 2008.
Virtualization is enabled by Windows Server 2008's Hyper-V virtualization. "You can now start running as many instances of
BizTalk Server that you want," said Burley Kawasaki, Microsoft director of product management for developer platform marketing.
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Hewlett-Packard hopes to widen the use of its desktop virtualization products with new software that will improve video playback and allow the use of USB peripherals such as webcams, the company announced Monday.
HP is also rebranding its desktop virtualization suite as the HP Virtual Client Essentials, and adding Linux support for its broker software, called Session Allocation Manager, which runs only on Windows today, HP said.
Most of the updates Read the rest of this entry »

Ever since Apple switched to Intel processors, Macs have been able to run the most popular operating systems for the x86 architecture including Linux and Microsoft Windows. Apple offers Boot Camp for free, which lets you create a dual-boot partition, but forces you to choose between Mac OS X or Windows each time you turn on your computer. For a solution that lets you switch between Mac OS X and any other operating system without rebooting, you need Read the rest of this entry »

Parallels plans on Tuesday to introduce a new version of its virtualization software to run Windows and Linux on Macs, with improvements designed to increase performance by 50% over the previous version, and boost battery life by 20%.
Parallels Desktop for Mac Version 4, the first new version of the software in about year, includes new manageability features in addition to the upgrades. The new features are designed to allow users to more easily Read the rest of this entry »

Looking to steal the limelight from this week's official launch of Microsoft Essential Business Server, IBM Monday said it is adding VMware's
technology to its IBM Lotus Foundations hardware/software appliances, allowing customers to run Windows on the Linux-based appliances.
IBM also said a new addition to the Lotus Foundations line, Lotus Foundations Start, will be based on the vendor's own x86-based System x server. Until now Lotus Foundations Read the rest of this entry »