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• Rumor: EMC may sell VMware (to Intel)
• Check Point now offers application virtualization and firewalls
• Virtualization vendors introduce support for Vista SP1, XP SP3 and 2008
• Happy Birthday VMware!
• virtualization.info Rent-A-Lab goes bigger and multi-vendor
• DynamicOps leaves the stealth mode and enters the VM lifecycle management market
• VMware to release Stage Manager 1.0 within 1 week, Site Recovery Manager 1.0 within 30 days
• VMware moves to regroup its automation products?
• HP becomes a VDI provider through Desktone technology
• Xen will never be part of Linux
• Login Consultants develop presentation virtualization benchmarking tool
• Tool: RVTools
• Surgient loses its VP of Marketing
• Virtual Iron loses its Chief Marketing Officer
• VMware ThinApp is the final name for Thinstall technology
• Microsoft opens Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool beta
• VMware launches a new certification for virtualization architects
• Endeavors plans to stream Office, Microsoft doesn't think so
• Tool: Proxmox Virtual Environment
• Neocleus leaves the stealth mode, to launch the hypervisor for desktops
• Dell offers VMware ESXi at $99, Citrix XenServer Embedded Express at $299
• Microsoft publishes a ROI/TCO calculator powered by IDC methodology
• Release: Qumranet Solid ICE 4.1
• Dell launches its new VMware ESXi powered servers tomorrow, prefers AMD
• Amazon to offer OpenSolaris VMs into EC2, now in beta
• VMware opens Fusion 2.0 beta program
• ClearCube moves the VDI business to the VDIworks spin-off
• Leostream raises $3 million in Series A funding
• Ericom brings VDI to Oracle VM, for free
• AMD is fine tuning its CPUs for Sun xVM Server
• Release: Sun VirtualBox 1.6
• KVM reaches version 68, introduces support for Intel EPT
• VMware releases Project North Star (formerly Thinstall) beta 2
• VMware finalizing VMmark 1.1
• Parallels Server hits beta 4
• Microsoft closes a major OEM agreement with Parallels for the Apple market
• Desktone announces support for Microsoft SCVMM 2008
• Citrix to embed Marathon Technologies HA into XenServer or vice versa?
• NetEffect joins the VMware Community Source Program
• virtualization.info Vanguards network surpasses 1000 members
• Quest is the first VDI provider for Microsoft Hyper-V with VAS 5.10