Ellen Rubin's success with startups continues at CloudSwitch, a developer of a software appliance that enables companies to securely run applications in the cloud while remaining integrated with their datacenters.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    So far, so good: $13M saved, 80% ROI
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Package makes it easy to run Windows applications from anywhere -- no installation required.
                    
			            - By Logan  Harbaugh
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                    VMware's SpringSource group has released a major upgrade of its Hyperic custom-app management and monitoring technology for virtualized Java applications. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
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                    Dell Kace today rolled out a free browser virtualization solution that can help protect against Web threats.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced virtualization and other improvements coming with Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AppSense suite boosts profile-management capabilities.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware Labs is a venue for VMware Inc. engineers to demo their pet application development projects.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week released Service Pack 2 for its App-V 4.5 application virtualization solution.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft late last month released a few tools for IT shops that use Hyper-V virtualization.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is offering a kit designed to streamline the evaluation process for orgs considering its new software products.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - 05/05/2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a cumulative update to its application  virtualization solution, which now supports the Windows 7 Beta, according to an  announcement issued by the company on Thursday.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Red Hat inked a deal to ensure that Windows  operating systems and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OSes can run as virtual machines  on each other's platforms.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Xenocode, the Seattle-based maker of virtualization tools, today released the latest version of its Virtual Application Studio, a developer-focused authoring environment for virtualizing existing Windows-based applications. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - 02/02/2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bluestripe Software tackles the problem of "applications visibility" with a solution that triangulates performance between hosts, applications and VMs.