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Xen: The startup in Citrix clothing

Insight newsmaker Citrix exec Ian Pratt describes how the XenSource buyout has affected the virtualization company, and where Citrix is going with Xen-branded products.

Friday, November 07 2008 09:38 AM

Tags: Virtualization, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Server platforms, Open source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Client Virtualization, Xen.org

IBM System x3650 M2

Reviews IBM remains a solid choice of server vendor, and this IBM/Lenovo server is a good rack-mount platform, albeit not quite as good as some of the competition.

Friday, August 21 2009 11:30 AM

Tags: IBM Corp., Intel Xeon, Hypervisor, Server, remote server, Lenovo Group Ltd., processor, Fujitsu Ltd., USB port, disk

10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows

Insight perspective Interest stirred up by impending launch of Windows 7 is too little and too late to halt inexorable rise of Linux, argues TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.

Saturday, April 04 2009 10:32 PM

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open source, Exchange, Microsoft Corp., Fedora Project, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system

Red Hat adds virtualization, cloud to RHEL

News Red Hat launches RHEL 5.4, the first version to include the standard Linux KVM hypervisor.

Friday, September 04 2009 10:12 AM

Tags: Cloud computing, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Intel Xeon, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Machine, Hypervisor, Cloud computing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux

RHEL 5.4 beta arrives

News Red Hat releases a beta-test version of Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.4, the first version of the server OS to incorporate virtualization based on Qumranet's KVM.

Friday, July 03 2009 08:50 AM

Tags: Virtualization, Linux, Servers, Desktops, Ethernet, Red Hat Inc., Xen, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Tool, Beta

Red Hat ties virtualization future to KVM

News The enterprise open-source software company is moving away from Xen towards its own KVM technology, as part of its virtualization strategy.

Wednesday, February 25 2009 03:34 PM

Tags: Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Machine, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Hypervisor, Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, strategy, desktop

Red Hat buys virtualization player Qumranet

News With the US$107 million purchase, Red Hat gains hypervisor and desktop virtualization tools to challenge VMware and Microsoft.

Monday, September 08 2008 04:23 AM

Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, Acquisitions, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Hypervisor, software, processor, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux

New Linux kernel expands virtualization support

News A longer-than-usual release cycle results in improvements for virtualization, wireless mesh networking, multimedia and other features.

Tuesday, July 15 2008 11:16 PM

Tags: Virtualization, Linux, Open source, Kernel, Linux Kernel, Webcam, performance, software, multimedia, Kernel Edition

HP and VMware team up on server management

News Companies have jointly released a vCenter-based console that promises to simplify the management of virtual server systems and their physical counterparts.

Thursday, September 03 2009 10:27 AM

Tags: Business applications, Servers, App servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Gartner Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Server

Red Hat begins testing virtualization line-up

News Beta tests begin on the new line of virtualization products based on Qumranet's KVM, which put Red Hat into direct competition with the likes of Citrix, Microsoft and VMware.

Thursday, June 18 2009 10:27 AM

Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Hypervisor, operating system, desktop, server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Xen, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5