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Hypervisor Market Commoditizing Quickly

Wow, did you catch all of the announcements for new hypervisors? Oracle has one…. Sun has one… Microsoft unveiled their plans – and pricing, for Hyper-V…. heck, even Phoenix is planning on one. These, added to a market that includes VMware, Xensource, SWSoft, SuSE, Red Hat, IBM, Qumranet… well, you get the picture. This is [...] Read More

When will the “virtual data center” be a reality?

The last two weeks have been chock full of major virtualization announcements, including two industry giants throwing their weight behind Xen. In a matter of days, Oracle announced Oracle VM and Sun launched xVM. First of all, they’re free! Second, Oracle has certified nine of its products for use with Oracle VM, including its database, [...] Read More