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IBM, VMware and NSEC Agree on Partnership for Office Tools

The IBM-native Lotus Symphony line of office apps will be offered in its portable version on NSEC products, such as the successful Keepod, the slimmest USB device in the world. IBM, VMWare and NSEC made this announcement on Tuesday, November 19, 2009, through an official press release by IBM.This means that users wil...

18 November 2009
10:27 GMT

AT&T Unveils New Global Cloud-Based Service

Wireless carrier AT&T announced today its new AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service, which comes as a global cloud-based service aimed at offering companies simple “on-demand access to scalable computing capacity.” According to the company, the new service is based on technology from VMware and Sun Microsys...

16 November 2009
10:43 GMT

Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C540 Seeded to Developers

Apple developers have received a new build of the second maintenance and security update to Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C540. The incremental update is on track to deliver over 150 code corrections, to which build 10C540 adds fixes for AirPort performance issues on the newly released iMacs, as well as for a...

5 November 2009
04:06 GMT

VMware Offers Windows 7 Support with Fusion 3 and Workstation 7

One thing is clear when comparing Windows 7 and Windows Vista: unlike its precursor, the latest iteration of the Windows client is in no short supply of application support. VMware, a Microsoft rival when it comes down to the virtualization market, has announced that its latest solutions come with full support for Wi...

28 October 2009
08:53 GMT

Download New VMware Fusion 3.0 for Mac OS X

The people at VMware have just issued the new version of their virtualization solution for Mac OS X, VMware Fusion 3. Announced last month, and slated for release on October 27, the new installment is highly optimized for the latest Mac OS version, and claims to provide “the ultimate Windows 7 experience.&rdquo...

27 October 2009
06:06 GMT

VMware Introduces VMware Fusion 3 for Mac OS X

VMware, Inc. has announced VMware Fusion 3, a new version of its professional-class virtualization solution for Mac OS X. Dubbed as “the Best Way to Run Windows on the Mac,” VMware Fusion 3 will be available worldwide on October 27. Interested parties can secure their copy by pre-ordering the new version ...

6 October 2009
10:25 GMT

Download Free VMware Fusion 2.0.6 Update / Build 196839

VMware Fusion runs Windows inside a secure and isolated virtual machine. Unlike free virtualization solutions such as Sun Microsystem’s VirtualBox, VMware Fusion fully integrates the guest OS with the host and its hardware, offering support for features like copy/paste and drag & drop, among many others. &ldqu...

2 October 2009
08:15 GMT

VMWare and F5 Announce Collaboration for Cloud Live Application Mobility

During the Vmworld 2009 convention, F5 Networks will be holding a demonstration on how to use VMWare products to perform a secure migration of several virtualized applications with their associated storage to and from a cloud system. According to F5's press release, this will be done with no application downtime...

1 September 2009
03:28 GMT

VMware Launches Two New Products, vCenter and Go

VMware will be announcing two new products today at its annual virtualization conference in San Francisco, underway this week. The first product is actually an application suite called vCenter, designed to supplement its cloud computing offering vSphere 4 with a number of tools for the enterprise market. The other bi...

31 August 2009
05:34 GMT

Terracotta Acquires EHCache, Creates Waves in Java Development World

Terracotta has recently acquired another Java development company, called EHCache. This merger leaves experts anticipating a future acquisition of the new company by the VMWare / SpringSource conglomerate. Both Terracotta and EHCache provide similar and complementary services to the area of expertise in which VMWare ...

25 August 2009
09:39 GMT

SpringSource Launches CloudFoundry, an Open-Source Cloud Management Solution

VMware's cloud computing vision is beginning to take shape. SprinSource, an open-source enterprise Java software provider that was just acquired by VMware for a cool $362 million, has announced the launch of its very own cloud-deployment offering, Cloud Foundry. The new product will allow customers to build and ...

20 August 2009
06:36 GMT

VMware Acquires SpringSource for $420 Million

VMware, a leader in the virtualization software market, has announced that it will acquire SpringSource, maker of an open-source platform for Java developers, aiming to secure a stronger foothold in the cloud computing segment. The deal will set back VMware $362 million in cash and stock plus the assumption of $58 mi...

11 August 2009
06:26 GMT

NEC Enterprise Server Sets New Virtualization Performance Record

NEC has announced today that its latest enterprise server, the NEC Express5800/A1160, has established a new world record in the overall VMmark performance benchmark results. The company's system, which was built with no less than eight Intel Xeon X7460 processors, has managed to score 34.05@24tiles in VMware...

5 August 2009
10:16 GMT

Google Loses Engineering Director to VMware

Engineering Director Mark Lucovsky is apparently leaving Google after five years at the company. He will be moving to a position at VMware, the virtualization software company, according to TechCrunch. He has played an important part at Google, developing several APIs, most notably the Search APIs. Lucovsky previou...

14 July 2009
05:54 GMT

Altor VF 3.0 Made Public

Altor Networks just announced the release of its new virtual firewall, Altor VF 3.0. It is using the Fast-Path approach of the VMsafe APIs that enables the application to process the virtual traffic from inside the ESX vKernel, thus leading to a better performance in critical missions.The new Altor VF is one of the f...

11 July 2009
06:36 GMT

Download VMware Fusion 2.0.5

VMware Fusion lets you run your favorite Windows applications and devices seamlessly on any Intel-based Mac. Built from the ground up for the Mac, Fusion lets you run all your favorite Windows applications, even integrating those apps' features with Mac OS X. The people at VMware have updated the popular virtua...

25 June 2009
06:49 GMT

VMware Gets a Taste of Microsoft's Apple Treatment

Microsoft is little shy of serving VMware the same treatment that it is using to fight Apple. The Redmond company is betting on a numbers game strategy that makes all the sense in the world, especially in the context of the global economic downturn. With IT budgets shrinking and no end to the financial crisis in sigh...

5 May 2009
05:47 GMT

Guest-to-Host Exploit Found in VMware Fusion

A security researcher has found a nasty bug in VMware's virtualization software. The vulnerability, rated as “critical,” can be used in VMware Fusions's virtual machine display function to read and write memory on the "host" operating system – the OS running the physical hardware. VMware ...

16 April 2009
04:25 GMT

VMware Fusion 2.0.4 Released – Download Here

VMware Fusion, another powerful, yet costly virtualization app for Mac OS X, has received an important update lately, fixing critical bugs, while adding experimental support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server. VMware Fusion 2.0.4 (Build 159196) is available for immediate download right here on our web site.Although Fus...

10 April 2009
06:26 GMT

VMware Fusion 2.0.3 Adds Snow Leopard Server (Experimental) Support

Vmware Fusion 2, the powerful virtualization solution for Mac OS X, has just received an important update. While just a maintenance release, VMware Fusion 2.0.3 resolves driverless printing issues, but also adds experimental support for guests of Apple's upcoming OS, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.“VMware Fusi...

3 April 2009
07:00 GMT

Vista on Mac OS X – VMware Fusion 2.0.2 Does the Job

If you need to run Windows apps, but love your Mac so much you simply cannot go with a PC, VMware Fusion may be the answer. However, before buying your own copy of VMware Fusion 2, be sure your Mac is prepared to handle the workload. The LooksFor those who've used virtualization software before, installing Windo...

1 March 2009
05:24 GMT

VMware Works on Mobile Phone Virtualization

VMware announced recently the development of the mobile virtualization platform (MVP), which is meant to offer handset vendors the possibility to allow their users to opt between two different platforms or phone numbers on a single handset. The virtual mobile phone seems to be the next step in the virtualization move...

25 February 2009
10:55 GMT

VMware Fusion 2.0.2 Is a Free Upgrade

VMware Inc. has just announced that VMware Fusion 2.0.2, a maintenance release of VMware Fusion 2, is now available as a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1 and VMware Fusion 2 customers.VMware Fusion allows Intel Macs to run x86 operating systems, like Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in a virtual machine, at t...

12 February 2009
06:05 GMT

VMware Launches Their First Open Source Virtual Desktop Client

VMware Inc., the leader in providing virtualization solutions for all kinds of platforms from desktop to datacenters, announced yesterday that the VMware View software source code will be available for their partners. Thus, the new  View Open Client becomes the first open source virtual desktop client from VMwar...

4 February 2009
14:01 GMT

VMware's VirtualCenter Heading to iPhone

On Wednesday, during the VMworld conference, VMware CTO Stephen Herrod announced that his company was planning to bring the next version of VMware’s VirtualCenter management software to users of an Apple iPhone, as well as to Linux ones.VirtualCenter Management Server currently runs only on versions of Microsof...

18 September 2008
07:34 GMT

Server Virtualization Enjoys Growing Popularity in Europe

Server virtualization is an uprising phenomenon for European companies. Surveying enterprise IDC conducted two studies, in 2007 and in the first quarter of 2008, regarding the spread of virtualization, along with the intentions of further use of the technology. On a large sample of big companies and small organizatio...

9 July 2008
11:22 GMT

VMware Fusion 1.1.3 Out. Free Update.

VMware Fusion is a desktop product for Intel-based Macs, coming from the guys at VMware Inc. which allows users to run x86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris in separate virtual machines, all at once, along with Mac OS. The beta for this incredibly powerful piece of software has recently b...

3 June 2008
02:39 GMT

10 HP ProLiant Servers to Get a Facelift

One of the most important things that make today's server systems so powerful is the simple, yet vital concept of virtualization that allows them to run at the very same time several operating systems and a host of different applications, minimizing idle times this way and dramatically increasing productivity, w...

29 February 2008
11:03 GMT

Fujitsu Starts Shipping Primergy Servers With Embedded VMware ESX 3i Virtualization

Fujitsu Siemens Computers and VMware jointly announced the market availability of its newest server offering in the Primergy family, that comes with factory installed VMware ESX 3i virtualization software. Virtualization is possible since the server is first started up.The new partnership between Fujitsu-Siemens and ...

26 February 2008
09:49 GMT

Microsoft: Why Our Virtualization Is Better

The virtualization market is an area where Microsoft is yet to prove itself, coming from the position of the underdog. But this of course is not to say that the Redmond company is not committed to the long haul, and cooking products designed to rival the best that household names such as Vmware have to offer. Still, ...

15 October 2007
11:33 GMT

A Real Partnership in a Virtual World

Virtual machines and working environments are becoming increasingly popular nowadays as they allow large companies and enterprises to consolidate their computer hardware base and better manage their informational infrastructure. As there are a huge number of computer systems capable of supporting a virtual working en...

1 October 2007
09:19 GMT

Virtual Machines Vulnerable

Several products from VMWare have been disclosed with flaws that could cause some nasty consequences if exploited by malicious users. The affected products are VMWare ESX Server, VMWare ACE, VMWare Player, VMWare Server and VMWare Workstation. I will name the versions as well, later on, when I explain the vulnerabili...

20 September 2007
13:36 GMT

VMware Improves Novell's Performance

Novell has observed an increase in the performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server when the Linux operating system is working in a VMware medium as a virtual machine guest. SUSE Linux Enterprise's kernel was modified to support VMI (Virtual Machine Interface), a communication system between the hypervisor and gu...

14 September 2007
05:07 GMT

Ubuntu Linux Stripped for Virtualized Environments

Canonical announced their release of Ubuntu JeOS (Just Enough Operating System, pronounced "juice") for VMware last week in San Francisco at the VMworld conference. This version will be a more compact and higher-performance base for virtual machine "appliances" that bundle the operating system with higher-level softw...

13 September 2007
10:31 GMT

Virtual Machine Security by McAfee

Virtualization is the way of the future and many security companies have noticed that, and consequently designed special softwares to protect virtual machines. Yesterday, McAfee had announced that their products can secure virtual environments and also that they are working together with their partners on what they c...

12 September 2007
09:51 GMT

VMware Creates Open Source VMware Tools

VMworld 2007 was the place where VMware, Inc. announced their release of a majority of VMware Tools as open source software, all making part of the Open VIrtual Machine Tools project. VMware Tools comprises a number of guest operation system virtualization components that enhance performance and can improve the manag...

12 September 2007
09:33 GMT

Microsoft to Deliver a Platform Agnostic Standard for Virtualization

Microsoft is cooperating with rivals from Vmware, XenSource and IBM, but also with partners on the server market such as Dell and HP in order to deliver a single standard for portable virtual machines. The companies involved in the standardization of a single file format for virtual machines have already submitted a ...

10 September 2007
13:06 GMT

Dell and The Virtual PCs

Virtualization softwares appeared out of the necessity of testing and running applications in different operating systems while having only a limited number of physical machines. Using such a an application enables software developers and users in general to run at the same time several operating systems on a single ...

16 August 2007
04:17 GMT

Cisco Is Interested In Virtualization

Cisco Systems announced that it will buy a small share for 150 million dollars in the virtualization expert company Vmware, which is a subdivision of the EMC company. For 150 million dollars Cisco will control about 1.6 of Vmware's shares, but this is less important than the fact that Vmware is the leader of a v...

27 July 2007
11:21 GMT

Forget About Windows Vista! Try the OLPC Operating System Now!

For those of you who didn't hear about it, the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is an interesting campaign started some time ago that is meant to bring a laptop to every child from every corner of the world. Of course, the entire campaign is made with educational purposes so the operating system installed on the lap...

24 July 2007
06:51 GMT

How to Install VMware Workstation 6 on Fedora 7

VMware Workstation is a very powerful virtual-machine application for both Linux and Windows operating systems. It allows you to run multiple 32-bit and 64-bit virtual computers and use them simultaneously with the hosting operating system. VMware Workstation 6 supports a lot of today's Linux distributions and ...

22 July 2007
05:01 GMT

Intel's Huge Investment in VMware

VMware, a subsidiary of EMC, announced on July 9, 2007 that Intel Corporation, through its investment arm, Intel Capital, agreed to invest heavily into Vmware. As most of Vmware's virtualization platforms run on Intel architecture and at the same time almost all virtualization solutions from Vmware emulate Intel...

10 July 2007
03:24 GMT

Microsoft and VMWare Agree on Cooperation

Both Microsoft and VMWare agreed they'd better cooperate to make migration across differing virtualization environments easier. Then they announced they are working on it. And so the users will be able to migrate across differing virtualization environments and even run the virtualized files of one another. But ...

23 June 2007
09:54 GMT

VMware Workstation 6.0 for Windows Vista

VMware Technology Network is now delivering support for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista with Build 45731 of its Workstation. VMware Workstation 6.0 has been made available for download as of today, May 9, 2007. Users that wish to access the files will need a valid Workstation 6 serial number. Otherwi...

9 May 2007
04:38 GMT

KVM Brings Up Vista Support and Increased Performances

According to Avi Kivity, lead developer and maintainer of the Kernel based Virtual Machine project (kvm for short), the latest release of kvm comes with major performance improvements and Vista Support. The kvm project became part of the Linux kernel this Febrauary once with the release of the 2.6.20 kernel version. ...

7 May 2007
07:34 GMT

Red Hat Promotes Its New Xen-Based Linux

As everyone might have already heard by now, Red Hat released RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 with Xen virtualization. The virtualization implies a complicated process mainly consisting of hiding the physical characteristics of the computing resources from the way other systems or applications interact with them. Red Hat ...

27 April 2007
04:46 GMT

Virtualization Will Cut Server Sales

Taking into account that this virtualization technology isn't that old, it has been accepted by the industry due to its advantages. Once it was put into applications which consumers could test and see whether or not they're any good, it literally skyrocketed. Now, processor manufacturers integrate the techn...

21 March 2007
10:59 GMT


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