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• Virtualization and software licensing infringement
• OpenVZ exploits synergy with Xen
• Scalent signs OEM agreement with HP
• Will VDI become new standard in server-based computing?
• DTMF releases open stardards for virtual infrastructures management
• Oracle (further) clarifies its support policy for VMware
• Is VMware sales model flawed?
• Release: CiRBA DCI 4.5
• Citrix signs OEM agreement with Fujitsu
• Neterion to provide 10Gb Ethernet drivers for VMware ESX Server 3.5
• Surgient and CiRBA report strong growth
• Embotics appoints Ron Nordin to the Advisory Board
• ManageIQ enters virtual machines lifecycle management market
• Zeus kills its Virtual Desktop Broker
• innotek reaches hyperkernel beta?
• Forrester doesn't think Oracle can compete with VMware, Microsoft and Citrix
• Virtual Iron signs OEM agreement with Dell
• Release: Veeam Configurator 1.5
• Whitepaper: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Scripting Guide
• Embotics joins Citrix Global Alliance Partner Program
• IBM announces Xen-based alternative to Amazon EC2
• Trigence hires Frank Foti as Director of Consulting Services
• Emulex extends LightPulse Virtual HBA support to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007
• Whitepaper: Planning a Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Deployment
• Tech: Virtual machines hot backup through Windows VSS script
• Benchmarks: SQL Server Performance in a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment
• Whitepaper: Understanding Full Virtualization, Paravirtualization, and Hardware Assist
• Thinsy announces the 7th Xen-based hypervisor
• Mellanox announces InfiniBand support in upcoming VMware ESX Server 3.5
• RingCube hires Pete Foley as President and CEO
• VMware answers Oracle threat
• Sun officially announces xVM hypervisor
• Fortisphere to enter virtual machines lifecycle management market
• Quest to support Sun xVM hypervisor after VMware and Microsoft ones
• Intel speeds up virtualization tasks by 25-75% with new 45nm CPUs
• Microsoft to OEM SWsoft Virtuozzo for Windows Server 2008?
• VMware opens Server 2.0 beta program
• Release: VMware Fusion 1.1
• Thinstall hires Jeanne Morain as Vice President of Marketing
• Microsoft SCCM 2007 R2 will support Application Virtualization 4.5
• Quest acquires Provision Networks
• Oracle announces its own (Xen-based) hypervisor, breaks VMware idyll
• Microsoft simplifies 3rd virtualization platform support
• Microsoft Application Virtualization is the new name for SoftGrid, version 4.5 beta available today
• Microsoft Hyper-V is the final name for codename Viridian
• Samsung is working on a Xen version for PDAs
• Microsoft Volume Activation 2.0 supports virtualization
• Whitepaper: Infrastructure Planning and Design for Application and Server Virtualization
• Red Hat adopts Xen 3.1 in its new Enterprise Linux 5.1
• Electric Cloud signs OEM agreement with VMware
• Centrify joins Citrix XenServer Technology Provider Program
• Microsoft to launch Viridian beta in Q4 2007, SCVMM 2.0 in Q1 2008
• Is VMware working to drop RDP in VDI environments?
• Microsoft provides updates on its own virtual data center
• Chinese firm Inspur signs OEM agreement with SWsoft
• Saba OEMs Surgient VTMS
• Phoenix Technologies confirms HyperCore existence
• Virtual Iron gets $13 million in new financial round, outlines new strategy
• VMware doesn't plan to embrace open source anytime soon
• Parallels partners with Route1
• Dell acquires EqualLogic
• virtualization.info announces Vanguards network for virtualization professionals
• Apple prepares for Mac OS X Server virtualization
• KVM to double performances for Windows guest OS
• Symantec reports over 50% of Global 2000 is implementing virtualization