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  • Red Hat buys virtualisation firm

    Linux vendor Red Hat has bought its way further into the virtualisation market, to compete against VMware, Citrix and Microsoft, with a US$107 million purchase of Qumranet.

  • IBM AIX 6 beta improves virtualisation

    IBM has launched a public beta of the AIX 6 operating system, which incorporates a number of major changes including a more complete virtualisation offering.

  • Wotif.com adopts Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

    Red Hat Linux Enterprise Version 5 has just been released and already Australian accommodation Web site Wotif.com is implementing the solution.

  • Mystery surrounds Microsoft's virtualisation flip-flop

    For months, the industry has been calling on Microsoft to ease restrictions forcing customers to use only the priciest versions of Windows Vista for desktop virtualisation, which it had planned this week before changing its mind at the last minute.

  • Windows developers begin slow defection to Linux

    Two years ago, the number of developers writing applications for the Microsoft Windows platform fell, while the opposite was true for Linux -- this has now become a trend.

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  • Q&A: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst

    In this candid interview with ZDNet.com.au, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses why he thinks rival VMWare will fail, how the financial crisis will be good for open source, and why cloud computing will be the future.

  • Linux in the virtual world

    Companies that offer virtualisation software are changing their business models and tweaking their software.

  • Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

    Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat has created a team of 34 programmers to work on nothing but next-generation software.

  • Making virtualisation a reality

    SWsoft president and chief executive Serguei Beloussov discusses what the future holds for his company, its Parallels product, and the virtualisation market as a whole.

  • Microsoft's Hyper-V: why all the fuss?

    Microsoft's Hyper-V is the missing piece from the launch of Windows Server 2008. We examine its background, and predict how the hypervisor market is likely to develop.

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Reviews (10)

  • VMware Workstation 6

    VMware Workstation is an excellent product, having the potential to save IT managers many hours of work. And at only AU$257.23 per seat, it is also good value for money.

  • Hyper-V

    Microsoft's Hyper-V is a solid virtualisation platform that's compatible with a wide range of modern server hardware.

  • XenSource XenServer 3.2

    XenServer still has a fair way to go in order to catch up to the current functionality already offered in VMWare and Microsoft's virtualisation solutions -- but it's quickly improving and is a lot more affordable.

  • SuSE Linux 10

    SUSE Linux 10 is a full Windows/Microsoft Office replacement on one DVD at a bargain price. Home users could do a lot worse, and even IT managers may learn to love it.

  • Is the iSeries make-over enough?

    IBM's iSeries servers have had the biggest announcement since the line was launched. But will users stick with it now it is cheaper and more Linux-friendly?

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