Special Report: Server virtualization |
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By SearchWinIT.com staff
03 Apr 2006 | SearchWinIT.com |
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The big players in the server virtualization market are vying for the hearts and minds of IT shops as well as the partner community.
Microsoft drops its fee for Virtual Server; VMware opens its disk format. The server virtualization market is rapidly commoditizing as Microsoft, VMware and open source startups jockey for position
VMware's Dan Chu discusses why his company decided to open up its core virtual machine disk format and how VMware hopes this will spur the development of virtual appliances.
Virtual Iron's newest version of its virtualization software adds Xen's hypervisor. Now the startup is talking tough and taking on market leader VMware.
XenSource, a startup fronted by the developers of virtualization software Xen, launched a new commercial offering that runs on Windows, after a failed attempt earlier this year.
Virtualization is fast becoming more than a buzzword these days. To keep up with the technology, sign up for SearchWinSystems.com's new Server Virtualization Update newsletter. Topics include Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 VMWare, Xen and other platforms, sizing virtual environments, dynamic load balancing, managing boot images, disaster recovery and performance.
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