VirtualBox users are out there and alive and well in the virtualization community -- so much so that the inaugural Virtumania podcast topic was the free type 2 hypervisor.
                    
			            - By Rick  Vanover
- 09/01/2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As Mel Brooks once declared -- and as more than one VMware employee has since crowed -- "It's good to be king." 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz has bet the farm on cloud computing.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Jeff McNaught's career, in a nutshell: started software company; worked on TRS-80; co-developed first Windows-based thin client at Wyse that remains model for all thin clients sold today. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition is a cost-efficient addition to the IT arsenal.
                    
			            - By Logan  Harbaugh
- 09/01/2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Parallels VP Amir Sharif talks virtual infrastructures.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One of the hottest virtualization markets to date is turning into a vendor free-for-all as a mixture of established and startup companies rush to stake their claims.
                    
			            - By Alan  Maddison
- 09/01/2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The defragmentation software for server virtualization offers useful features and unique value.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware Go is a free, Web-based product initially released at VMworld 2009.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is at VMworld in San Francisco this week, but it can't show off its Hyper-V virtualization product because it competes with VMware's products. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move aimed at extending its Open Cloud infrastructure, Citrix Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire VMLogix Inc. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 08/31/2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft calls Windows 7 its "fastest selling" operating system, but the new OS may represent increased costs and greater logistical pain for IT shops over the next two years.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
- 08/24/2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week provided notice of some upcoming product updates and betas to expect in the coming months. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Diskeeper's defragmentation software for server virtualization offers useful features and unique value.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft used the occasion of an open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An annual survey of IT organizations found rising trends toward deploying Windows 7, desktop virtualization and unified communications solutions.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue's zEnterprise pools RISC and x86-based blades.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 07/23/2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Long-term partners Citrix and Microsoft have extended their pact with a new program aimed at jointly serving enterprise customers' desktop and server virtualization requirements.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 07/23/2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A council of global IT CIOs, in conjunction with research group Gartner Inc., has released a "code of conduct" for solution vendors on IT maintenance issues.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- 07/22/2010