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.
Future versions of Linux will contain broader support for virtualisation after vendors Xen and lguest merged its technologies into the latest version of the Linux kernel.
Programmers have begun serious work to cut consumption, extend PC Linux battery life and ease server costs.
OpenVZ, virtualisation software that carves a single version of Linux into separate containers for different tasks, now is available for computers using Sun's UltraSparc T1 processor.
Linus Torvalds has released the latest version of the "stable" Linux kernel, version 2.6.25, which includes changes to Wi-Fi support, virtualisation, real-time scheduling and file systems.
A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.
VMware potentially changed the virtualisation software market by announcing that the upgrade to their GSX Server product would be made available for free to anyone that wants it.
After years of relative serenity, storage virtualisation became hot last year. It also became a great deal more complex -- and confusing.
After years of relative serenity, storage virtualisation became hot last year. It also became a great deal more complex -- and confusing.
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