Novell chief technology officer (CTO) Markus Rex has hit back at criticism the company included an "unstable" Xen virtualisation environment in its new Linux server, pointing to support from hardware partners. At Novell's Sydney office on Thursday, Rex responded to claims by Linux competitor Red... Read More...

Microsoft this week announced that it will discontinue work on future versions of Virtual PC for the Mac. Meanwhile, leading virtualization competitor VMware has announced it is working on software to enable Intel-based Macs to run x86 operating systems -- including Windows and Linux -- in virtual m... Read More...

rPath, provider of the first platform for creating and maintaining Linux software appliances, today announced that its solutions have been selected as finalists in three categories for the upcoming LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006 Product Excellence Awards. The categories are comprised of Best Utility ... Read More...

Microsoft Corp. and open-source visualization software vendor XenSource Inc. expanded their unlikely alliance recently, agreeing to work together to make the next version of Windows Server interoperable with Xen-enabled Linux distributors. The two companies said that companies using the Longhorn... Read More...

The concept of storage virtualization has been around for a number of years, but until recently it had not gained widespread acceptance. As with many innovative concepts, it takes time for companies to become comfortable with the idea of placing another device into the heart of the data path between... Read More...

In a Xtalks Web Conference on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, 1pm-3pm EDT, Jeff Daniels, Chief Systems Engineer, Enterprise Information Systems, Lockheed Martin, Andy Ruby, Head of Infrastructure Design, Prudential UK, and John Hinkle, CIO, Trans World Entertainment will share their experiences with mig... Read More...