File virtualization company Acopia Networks Inc. is no longer a start-up. The Lowell, Mass., outfit, launched five years ago and backed by $85 million in venture funding, has been shipping its boxes since 2004 and winning over customers such as Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch. The company also is tak... Read More...

Intrusion prevention systems (IPS) vendor Reflex Security is launching on Australian shores and is in discussion with local distributors. The US-based vendor has appointed Colin Lim as sales director for Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining Reflex Lim worked at unified threat management (U... Read More...

An error in Sun's Java Virtual Machine can be exploited to inject code onto a system and execute it by means of specially prepared GIF images. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) says that a GIF image with the width field of an image block set to zero provokes... Read More...

The rPath Appliance Agent, an application framework for administering Software Appliances in all their forms (Hardware, Software and Virtual), has been updated. This version contains mostly bug fixes, one critical ( RAA-326 ). We advise all appliance... Read More...

Just saw an interesting article written by Alex Barrett, News Director at Search Server Virtualization.com. I normally don’t like to quibble about product details or limitations, but this one had some serious misconceptions about blades as an overall architectural concept. The substance of the ... Read More...

This Howto covers the installation of XenExpress and the creation of virtual machines with the XenServer Administrator Console. XenExpress is the free virtualization platform from XenSource, the company behind the well known Xen virtualization engine.... Read More...

Virtual Iron has just launched the Virtual Appliance Exchange over on their forums. Running a Virtual Appliace on Virtual Iron is very easy: 1. Download a virtual appliance 2. Copy the VHD file into the vdisks directory 3. Open and start the Virtualization... Read More...

SWsoft has been chosen as one of the Top 50 Technology Innovators of 2006 by IT Week magazine. IT Week ( www.itweekmagazine.com ) is delivered electronically every Monday to 100,000 information technology (IT) professionals. It contains the latest news,... Read More...