Virtualization

Fri, September 19, 2008 - When you think Red Hat, you think Linux. Maybe, if you're a developer or a CTO, you also think JBoss. Red Hat, itself, now wants you to think virtualization.

Fri, September 19, 2008 - Financial crises that shake the business world only accelerate the drive toward virtualization for both the money it can save and the flexibility it can give to IT.

Fri, September 19, 2008 - VMware impressed some customers and observers at this week's VMworld with its new vision of a data-center operating system; but its execs spent a lot of time talking about cloud computing, a vague concept that may be tangential to VMware's current business.

Fri, September 19, 2008 - Competition and management problems may affect the company long term, but for right now, customers are only concerned about the quality of the products and support they get from VMware.

Thu, September 18, 2008 - Most IT organizations start getting questions around 100 to 150 virtual machines. Here's advice for those ready to cross the tipping point and go from saving money on servers to creating a cloud-like infrastructure inside the business.

Thu, September 18, 2008 - Surprising, and not-so-surprising, snapshots from the year's most important virtualization conference.

Thu, September 18, 2008 - At VMworld, VMware CEO Paul Maritz talked about the company's new strategy and new products; he talks here about his experience taking over a hot new company and how experience with a past employer is helping him now.

Wed, September 17, 2008 - VMware's VDI technology gives way to an upcoming group of products called Vmware View. The big news: users can move with their VMs from the office to the laptop and back. Meanwhile, rival Microsoft does some guerilla marketing with VMworld attendees.

Wed, September 17, 2008 - It outlines a vision for turning x86-based data centers into one big resource pool.

Wed, September 17, 2008 - CEO Paul Maritz says VMware considered open sourcing its hypervisor and supporting rivals' virtualization technology, but no changes are imminent.