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.
VMware's new security feature, VMsafe, is a major improvement to security in a virtual environment because it allows visibility of incoming data, say analysts.
XenSource and VMware, two major figures in virtualisation security have warned of challenges facing IT managers in implementing secure virtual environments.
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.
Linux programmers are moving toward a change that would put virtualisation software from VMware on a more even footing with open-source rival Xen.
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.
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Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.
A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.
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