Microsoft is initiating a new security notification approach, the company announced on Tuesday at the Black Hat security conference.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 08/06/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. -- IBM made several announcements Tuesday at the annual LinuxWorld conference, introducing a new series of products, services and initiatives that the company says will "further expand IBM's commitment to Linux and open source by enabling the next generation of Linux."
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- 08/06/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position in this segment, VMware has announced a new initiative dubbed the System Builder Program
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- 08/05/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Virtualization heralds a brave new world of security. Here are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to securing a virtual infrastructure.
                    
			            - By Joern  Wettern
- 08/01/2008
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Don't let its looks fool you -- give it time and Hyper-V will be a contender for hypervisor dominance.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software. 
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- 08/01/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Skytap’s Virtual Lab service lets developers subscribe to virtual machines 
          (VMs) and provides a VM image library and a virtual lab-management app.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 08/01/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just how favorably does Hyper-V compare to established products from VMware Inc., Virtual Iron Inc. and Citrix Systems Inc., to name a few? How serious is Microsoft about competing in the virtual space?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- 07/30/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Qumranet's CEO Benny Schnaider discusses his company's open source technology and the future of the virtualization market.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A first-quarter 2008 survey conducted by Computer Economics  suggests a possible slowdown in IT spending and staffing lies ahead.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix has released details of a new tool that will speed virtual machine interoperability between hypervisors from Microsoft, VMware and its own offering.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New director of product management talks up database and hints at future technologies.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 07/16/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Diane Greene's precipitous and unexpected departure from VMware yesterday may have resulted from an ongoing rift between Greene and executives at parent company EMC, according to analysts.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Researchers at VMware have pioneered a novel technique in dynamic analysis, one that separates the running program from the analysis tool, by use of virtual containers. 
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- 06/26/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM). 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Novell announced last Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Riedel
- 06/16/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Virtualization and development tools supplier Xenocode has released a suite of tools for adapting, configuring and delivering Win32- and Java-based applications within a free-standing, virtualized environment on the host Windows OS. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- 06/15/2008