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• Virtualization Congress 2008 Early Bird ends today!
• Microsoft opens SCVMM 2008 beta, manages Hyper-V and VMware ESX
• KVM reaches version 67
• Novell reveals some more about its virtualization strategy
• Release: Virtual Iron 4.3
• Xen reaches version 3.2.1
• Release: VMware Fusion 1.1.2
• VMware signs an OEM agreement with Lenovo
• Parallels sells one million Desktop products
• Virtualization Congress 2008 Early Bird ends in 1 week: Register now!
• VMware beats analysts estimates for Q1 2008 with 69% revenue increase
• Verizon to be the first service provider offering hosted VDI powered by Desktone technology
• Release: CiRBA Data Center Intelligence 4.6
• VMware releases VirtualCenter 2.5 plug-in SDK guide
• VMware certifies AMD Opteron Quad-Core
• The new Linux kernel 2.6.25 introduces virtualization-friendly memory management
• KVM 66 introduces support for Itanium
• Microsoft brings virtualization in China, Parallels in Russia
• Microsoft offers a free tool for virtualization capacity planning
• Desktone leaves the stealth mode and launches a VDI solution for service providers
• Release: Vizioncore vCharter Pro 3.0
• VMware Site Recovery Manager reaches Release Candidate 1 status
• Veeam opens beta program for Reporter Enterprise Edition
• Trustware appoints new VP of Sales and VP of Marketing
• Ray Ozzie: Virtualization is absolutely fundamental to Microsoft
• Amazon to transform EC2 in a real online virtual infrastructure
• Release: VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 1.0
• Trigence loses its COO after just one year
• Sigma R&T joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
• Google investigates security vulnerabilities of popular virtualization platforms
• VMware opens two Internet TV channels for free e-learning
• TechTalk: a Q&A about Virtual Iron virtualization strategy with Ed Walsh
• Citrix to launch XenDesktop in May, HP to support it on ProLiant servers and Compaq thin clients
• VMware VI 3.5 Update 1 wrong bits cause panic
• Vizioncore opens vReplicator 2.5 beta program
• Sun unveils the first screenshot of its upcoming xVM server
• Sun re-launches Solaris 8 Containers, launches Solaris 9 Containers
• VMware to release Thinstall application virtualization in early H2 2008
• Release: VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 Update 1
• OpenNEbula to provide Xen/VMware powered grid computing
• VMware Workstation 6.5 doesn't allow ESX as guest anymore
• Skytap (formerly Illumita) leaves the stealth mode and enters the virtual lab automation market
• KVM lead developer thinks that MMU para-virtualization is dead
• VMware ESX VMotion vs Microsoft Hyper-V Quick Migration, are they really comparable?
• Rumor: Cisco or IBM to acquire Citrix
• Symantec acquires AppStream
• Parallels Server hits beta 3
• Veeam releases FastSCP 2.0 refresh build with new features
• VMware Stage Manager 1.0 reaches beta 2 milestone
• VMware now allows single CPU license for ESX
• KVM reaches version 65, to support memory ballooning in Linux kernel 2.6.25
• IBM works on IPS at hypervisor level
• StillSecure joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
• Quest extends Foglight support to VMware ESX Server
• VMware beats Microsoft on virtual hardware hot-add support
• Parallels is for sale and HP is a more than welcome bidder
• VMware ESX security breached?
• Qumranet releases para-virtualization drivers for Windows
• InstallFree enters application virtualization market with Bridge 1.0
• moka5 becomes MokaFive, now targets the corporate market
• Microsoft releases Hyper-V RC Integration Components for Linux guest OS
• Lenovo to adopt virtualization, but which one?
• Freescale to embed a hypervisor in its multi-core CPU
• VMware renames ESX Server in just ESX
• VMware Workstation 6.5 and ACE 2.5 hit beta 1 milestone
• Scalr provides autonomic provisioning for Amazon EC2 virtual datacenter
• Gartner adjusts its forecast about virtualization ubiquity: 2012 instead of 2015
• Springboard Research predicts APAC virtualization market to reach $1.35 billion by 2010
• Benchmarks: VMware ESX Server 3.5 on IBM Sytem x3850 M2
• Enigmatec partners with Scalent
• SEPATON joins the VMware Technology Alliance Program
• Virtualization Congress launches Call for Startups competition