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  • Red Hat dolls up Linux with embedded hypervisor

    Linux specialist Red Hat has announced it is developing an embedded hypervisor product that it claims will complement, rather than compete with, its existing virtualisation strategy.

  • Red Hat: The hypervisor will be free

    Linux vendor Red Hat has predicted that virtualisation software will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on for its own product range.

  • Ubuntu bucks trend, goes for KVM virtualisation

    Heading in a different direction from its main rivals, Ubuntu Linux will use KVM as its primary virtualisation software.

  • Microsoft gives Linux a virtual hug

    After years of hoping to crush Linux, Microsoft is trying to show it can get along with its open-source rival.

  • VMware shares secrets in security drive

    Virtualisation vendor VMware has quietly begun sharing some of its software secrets with the IT security industry under an unannounced plan to create better ways of securing virtual machines.

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Features and Case Studies (8)

  • KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

    A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.

  • Ubuntu coming soon to Sun's Niagara

    Canonical will support Sun Microsystems' Niagara servers with the upcoming release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, the companies are preparing to announce.

  • Linux in the virtual world

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

  • Microsoft learns to live with open source

    Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

  • 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 (4)

  • 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.

  • Windows Server 2008

    Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.

  • iSeries rises to conflicting demands

    IBM's iSeries will never be IBM's most exciting range of servers, but it is destined for great things, according to one of its architects.

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