Virtualization

Mon, May 05, 2008 - As hypervisors and basic virtual-server functions become commoditized, Vizioncore and similar companies tackle performance issues that would otherwise be invisible to server managers.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - Everyone else in the virtualization market is chasing VMware, which gives it significant power to set direction for the market.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - As the leading (debatably the only) pure Unix vendor among major industry players, Sun is in a position even more clearly neutral than Novell, and is taking advantage of it.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - In a broad sense. Reflex's technologies aim to secure VMs in the same way physical servers are secured on the physical network.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - Known for its physical-to-virtual conversion tools and workload management tools, PlateSpin continues to win over customers even as some free conversion tools have become available.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - Workload management and high-performance computing products for virtual-server environments.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - Oracle software is so ubiquitous in corporate data centers that anything connecting it with virtualization is significant. In this case, however, many analysts say Oracle's offering indicates more that basic hypervisors are becoming commodities, rather than anything about a change in Oracle's virtualization strategy.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - In addition to developing and selling the Xen hypervisor with its own products, Novell has been a key ally of both Microsoft and VMware in the virtualization market.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - Microsoft recognized the threat early and began offering its own virtualization products after acquiring virtualization vendor Connectix in 2004 and re-issuing its products as Virtual Server 2005.

Mon, May 05, 2008 - Marathon's everRun VM products have won acclaim (including a recent VMworld Best of Show award) for their ability to help IT ensure availability to end users.