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Article | 9/09/2011 Microsoft to equip Windows 8 with virtualization hosting
The next version of the Microsoft's desktop OS, code-named "Windows 8", will include the ability to run other OSes in virtualized containers, the com...
Article | 31/08/2011 VMworld brings flurry of third-party product launches
While VMware had no shortage of new and updated products to debut at its VMworld conference, being held this week in Las Vegas, many VMware partners a...
Article | 30/08/2011 Samsung backs VMware mobile hypervisor
Samsung plans to make phones running VMware's mobile hypervisor technology and enterprises may be able to better manage those phones with new software...
Article | 30/08/2011 VMWorld 2011: VMware refreshes View virtual desktop software
Keeping pace with its rivals in the VDI (virtual desktop interface) market, VMware has updated its desktop virtualization software so that users can n...
Article | 30/08/2011 VMware CEO: Cloud to end computer desktop era
VMware CEO Paul Maritz urged customers to think beyond the desktop computer. It is a dead metaphor, he insisted, one ill-suited for today's workforce.
Article | 29/08/2011 Dell to launch public cloud service this year
Dell will launch its first cloud infrastructure service later this year through a partnership with VMware, continuing its push to move beyond PCs and ...
Article | 25/08/2011 Citrix personalizes, extends virtual desktops
Working to boost the versatility and speed of virtual desktops, Citrix Systems has updated its XenDesktop software to allow users to personalize their...
Article | 23/08/2011 First look: VMware vSphere 5 looms large
As we rapidly approach yet another VMworld conference and the general release of VMware vSphere 5, it's clear that VMware hasn't been resting on its l...
Article | 24/08/2011 Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array
Start-up Pure Storage today emerged from development mode to announce an all-solid state drive (SSD) storage array that it said challenges traditional...
Article | 24/08/2011 Oracle quadruples capacity of virtualization software
Oracle has updated its server virtualization software with greater policy control and more connectors for storage systems, the company announced Tuesd...
Article | 24/08/2011 HP releases 3Par storage system, federated storage software
As part of its Converged Storage portfolio, Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced new federated storage software, Peer Motion, which enables admins to ...
Article | 17/08/2011 Red Hat RHEV freed from Windows fetters
With the next release of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) package, Red Hat has finally rid itself of one of its most notorious dependencie...
Article | 17/08/2011 Fired techie created virtual chaos at pharma company
Logging in from a Smyrna, Georgia, McDonald's restaurant, a former employee of a U.S. pharmaceutical company was able to wipe out most of the company'...
Article | 12/08/2011 Altaro ships Hyper-V backup solution for SMBs
Altaro Software has started shipping Hyper-V Backup, a product designed to make it easier for small and medium-size companies to protect the data on t...
Article | 11/08/2011 Citrix buys VDI personalization vendor
Citrix has acquired RingCube, a vendor of software for personalizing desktops within virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), the companies announced We...