Virtustream, Nimbula strengthen their cloud platforms
Virtustream and Nimbula have announced upgraded platforms and partnerships to enable their respective cloud directors to better manage hybrid clouds and application delivery across hybrid clouds
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Red Hat cautiously optimistic about Microsoft's Open Technologies Inc
Red Hat today releases an official statement on the recent announcement of Microsoft's Open Technologies Inc. The company was cautiously optimistic but alluded to the fact that Microsoft was once opposed to openness
Gartner lists top 5 server virtualization trends for 2012
As VMware faces increased competition, costs are going down and customers are experimenting with multiple virtualization platforms
GNOME's Sandler: Is there a killer in the code?
Is there a killer in the software code running millions of medical devices? GNOME Executive Director Karen Sandler, formerly of the Software Freedom Law Center, has been fighting to get this software opened up for inspection and review since she received her own implanted defibrillator in 2008. The FDA and Supreme Court have been no help. She recently shared her journey at OSCON 2011.
Red Hat's Virtualization Server 3 beta due this summer, to ship in late 2011
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers 3.0 will move into beta later this summer and ship later this year. Version 3 0 will rid the Linux company of an embarrassing requirement that users run the server on Windows
Red Hat CEO: Keep cloud open or go back to 80s-style computing
Keep the cloud open -- or kill it, Red Hat's chief exec advised during his opening keynote at the company's annual summit Tuesday."Without open source, clouds wouldn't exist.
Abiquo adds business policies to cloud management platform
Abiquo, the self described next generation cloud management software developer new to the US, has launched another update aimed at large multi-national enterprises and global service providers.Abiquo 1.
Oracle: Our full virtualization stack beats VMware
Oracle took a pre-emptive strike at VMware this week, maintaining that its integrated and expansive virtualization portfolio is far superior to the "point" solution offered by the No 1 virtualization company.Oracle -- which claims to provide full stack support for virtualization from application to disk, and for cloud computing needs -- detailed its strategy just weeks before VMware's annual VMworld conference.
Oracle ships VDI 3.2
Oracle's patent infingement case against Android Linux made all the big headlines last week yet the company also stepped up its attack on VMware with the release of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.2.
SUSE Linux 11 SP1 to deliver Xen 4.0, KVM, Hyper-V support
Novell's first service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 delivers a host of significant new virtualization and high availability features and support options.First, SP1 offers the latest Xen hypervisor, Xen 4.