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Every once in a while, a development comes along that has so many possible consequences that it’s hard to know where to begin. Red Hat’s purchase of Qumranet is such a case.
Red Hat has agreed to pony up $107 million for the Israeli maker of virtualization software, including the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) that rests […]

If you’re going to have virtual desktops, you might as well make them as flexible as possible.
That’s apparently Sun’s thinking with the launch of the updated xVM VirtualBox, a free, open source package that supports Windows, Linux (both 64-bit), Mac and Solaris. It also features performance optimization coding for those of you working off AMD […]

It’s getting funny how major new systems seem to get launched right after I do a roundup on that particular segment. Who know I had such clout?
This time we have a rush of virtualization-management tools from HP, BMC and Fortisphere. But while my posts on such fast-moving technology may be out-of-date before my keyboard gets […]

NEC rolled out a new set of Intel-based servers this week, a move the company hopes will strengthen its OEM relationships in North America through new fault-tolerant designs.
First up is a new green system, the Express5800/I 120Ra-e1 server, featuring two low-power Xeon multicores that cut power consumption to 330 watts, compared to a typical dual-CPU […]

Virtualization is starting to become the norm in data centers throughout the world, so it’s no surprise that the issue of virtual sprawl is beginning to take center stage as well.
The fact that the ability to house two or more servers on one physical machine can lead to unchecked expansion of these virtual machines – […]