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1. Parallels takes on VMware

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... performs 22 percent faster than the competition (VMware) when running a 64-bit version of Windows 7. In addition, version 5 reportedly offers up to 300 percent faster performance for virtual machine operations ...

2. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... 7 on a Mac Of course whether Apple licenses this or not last week VMware servers were brought to their knees as a result of downloads for Fusion 3.0 a product that is used to run Windows on Mac hardware. ...

3. VMWare tempts Mac users with "ultimate" Windows 7 experience

   (Software/Software Features)

   VMWare has rolled out its Fusion 3 virtualization platform for Mac OS X. The $80 Fusion 3 - which offers 50 new features - allows users to run native Windows applications with "Mac simplicity." VMWare ...

4. IBM puts its business in the Cloud

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... manager V7.1, Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1, IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 and VMWare Virtual Center 2.5 U4. IBM has indicated it will offer discounts and will use its financing arm to create 36 month terms ...

5. AMD posts controversial virtualization value math

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   ... systems used in public VMWare benchmark results. AMD released a presentation with detailed information of its comparison, which concluded that the Intel HP servers are up to 103% more expensive than the ...

6. AMD demos live machine migration across three CPU generations

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... CPUs. The various architectures were setup on machines available for purchase today and did not include in-house unreleased BIOS or equipment. VMware ESX Server 3.5 controls allowed an instance of a ...

7. Citrix and Microsoft working together to take down VMware

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... The companies are looking to a future where virtual machines equate to better use of hardware assets, something believed by many to be the future of computing, and something companies like VMware, Microsoft ...

8. Virtualization: Coming soon to a mobile phone near you?

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... of the phone architecture, which would require a Hypervisor running at the lowest level of the hardware. Some mobile-targeted hypervisors already exist, VMWare for example, but have not yet been incorporated ...

9. The Windows 7 GUI from a Linux user's perspective

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... like the 3D desktop and VMware Server. In fact, a Linux user running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu can download the latest version, burn it to CD, install it on their machine. Then, download the 3D desktop ...

10. VMware: Potentially the world's most powerful low-level debugging tool

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... only to eventually be deployed to the real device. In the past few weeks, I've spent some time migrating old 80386 code to now run inside of VMware Server. In the process I've discovered a serious limitation ...

11. VMware releases Fusion 2.0 virtualization for Macs

    (Software/Software Features)

      VMware officially released its Fusion 2.0 virtualization software for Apple Macs.  Version 2.0 is a free download and upgrade for existing 1.x users and $79.99 for new purchasers.  ...

12. 6-core Intel ‘Dunnington’ could be released next week

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... In the end most consumers probably don’t care how the chip is made; they just want something that works. It makes sense that Intel would release Dunnington at VMWare’s VMWorld conference as the chip is ...

13. Microsoft announces widely supported virtualization initiative

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... deploy new machines, as well as manage them on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 or VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3. For the first time, Microsoft demonstrated ...

14. AMD’s server and workstation comeback

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... AMD more aggressively in response.  Microsoft apparently is tuning its virtualization offerings, which have actually started to sell impressively well and really stunned VMware, the firm that really ...

15. Comparing Apple and Microsoft keynotes and Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... right thing to do to convey the message that Microsoft was aggressively addressing interoperability IT requirements.   While they didn’t have VMware on stage to talk about virtualization, they did ...

16. VMware earnings surge, but miss forecasts

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    VMware shares plunged as much as 27% in after-hours trading Monday after the virtualization software developer reported fourth-quarter sales that fell short of Wall Street forecasts and didn't immediately ...

17. You actually may fall in love with virtualization

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... on PCs and I clearly haven’t spoken about the differences between a number of the players like VMware, Clear Cube, Novell, or Citrix that are pushing into this space right now. But rest assured, ...

18. A virtualized Windows Vista for $23 per year

    (Software/Software Features)

    There is no doubt that Microsoft is late to the virtualization party, given the traction companies such as VMWare have gained in recent months. However, the company today outlined its “Dynamic IT” ...

19. Virtualization for the Small Network - Part 1

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Virtualization isn't just for data centers. It can also be a useful addition to many small networks. By now, you've probably heard of virtualization technology. VMware, a virtual software provider, had ...

20. Microsoft’s Hyper-V to go head-to-head with VMware

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Redmond (WA) – Microsoft has begun public trials of its new virtualization software program, called Hyper-V. That software is designed to go head-to-head with VMware'’s ESX Server. Wall ...

21. Windows 7 previewed with MinWin

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... into 33 MB of RAM is a significant feat.  Just now I checked my Windows XP instance running in VMware Server and two separate instances of iexplorer.exe alone were each consuming over 55 MB.  ...

22. TG Video: Qumranet’s Solid Ice - Virtual operating systems on steroids

    (Software/Software Features)

    Virtual operating system applications like VMWare, Microsoft’s Virtual PC and Linux Xen have been around for ages, but startup Qumranet claims its Solid Ice product can do things cheaper, faster ...

23. The AMD Barcelona back story

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... value. VMware:  Benchmarks that mean something We were very skeptical of the virtualization benchmarks from AMD that reported to measure a future VMware product on a yet unreleased faster version ...

24. VMware acquires virtualization tool maker Dunes Technologies

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    VMware will acquire Dunes Technologies, maker of advanced virtualization tools for remote management. San Francisco (CA) - An announcement made today at VMworld 2007 brings with it the promise of a more ...

25. AMD's Barcelona introduction: A celebration without fireworks

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... products. And yes, they all were nice and congratulated AMD. On stage, there were Star Wars producer Rick McCallum, VMWare CEO Diane Greene, HP vice president Paul Miller, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz and ...

26. TG Daily Coverage: AMD's Barcelona launch event

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... were quite a few marketing bubbles in Allen's speech - here is a taste: "In the real world, real workloads run best on the real deal. Barcelona."   VMware Next to ...

27. UPDATE: AMD's website paints Barcelona performance pictures not seen in the real world

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... to a non-existent Barcelona Opteron 2360 SE.  They also use a "VMware ESX 3.5 experimental build 55263" release which is not available to the public.  VMware's website shows VMware ...

28. Citrix buys XenSource for $500 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... customer base that is not already using Xen.  XenSource is one of the major virtualization software companies competing with companies like VMware, Microsoft, Parallels. Assuming everything proceeds ...

29. TG Daily Special: The future of virtualization

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Part 3: The future of virtualization   Extra: Installing VMWare      Big impact Tomorrow, there is very little doubt that corporations will construct and deploy server farms built ...

30. TG Daily Special: Virtualization Explored: Installing VMware

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... The future of virtualization   Extra: Installing VMWare        Installing VMware   For our example we'll create a 10 GB virtual machine on an Ubuntu-based Linux ...

31. TG Daily Special: Virtualization Explored - Part 2

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  Part 1: What is virtualization? Part 2: Benefits of virtualization Part 3: The future of virtualization   Extra: Installing VMWare    We are heading into the second installment of our ...

32. TG Daily Special: Virtualization Explored

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is virtualization? Part 2: Benefits of virtualization Part 3: The future of virtualization   Extra: Installing VMWare    You may have heard of virtualization before. Intel has been talking ...

33. TG Daily Special: Leaving Redmond, WA in 24 hours

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... not having a swap space.  I have personally not found the need for one as my install of Linux has never topped 300 MB of memory no matter what I've done with it (except when I installed VMWare ...

34. Intel to buy $218.5 million worth of VMware stock

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Intel’s said that it intends to purchase VMware's Class A common stock in the amount of $218.5 million, subject to customary regulatory and other closing conditions. The investment ...

35. Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 goes gold

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... operating systems inside of Virtual PC. Windows XP, Windows 98 and even Linux can be installed inside of Virtual PC. Virtual PC and other virtualization software, like VMWare, have been around for years. ...

36. VMware gets Vista support

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    VMware recently released a new beta version of its virtualization software Workstation 6.0. According to the release notes, the current build 36983 includes support for Windows Vista and multi-monitor ...

37. Xensource promises faster and cheaper virtualization

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Xensource has released a beta of its upcoming XenEnterprise 3.1 virtualization software that will be one-fifth the price of VMWare. XenEnterprise will run Windows and Linux operating systems in virtual ...

38. Microsoft opens up Virtual Hard Disk specification

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... like VMWare use similar types of files. The opening of the specification would allow developers to make new applications to monitor and manage virtual operating systems. Microsoft's pledge to never sue ...

39. Sun intros new Fire Opteron servers, workstation

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... but the 2100 model is limited to the use of one processor and eight DIMM slots, which does not allow the system to make use of virtualization features offered by Vmware, according to Sun. The 2200 can ...

40. New Fedora Core 5 Linux includes virtualization and Java

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and VMWare, Xen allows users to run other Linux distributions as Guest operating systems. It doesn't yet support FreeBSD, but developers are working on it. In addition, it does not officially support running ...

41. IDF wrap-up: Intel is hungry again

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... was a range of more announcements including the release of the LaGrande security specification, new partnerships in virtualization efforts with VMWare and Microsoft, first looks onto the Kentsfield (desktop) ...

42. VMWare offers $100,000 prize in "Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    VMWare, developer of virtualization software, is offering several cash prizes totaling $200,000 to whoever can come up with the most interesting and useful virtual applications. Previously developers ...

43. AMD releases "Pacifica" virtualization spec

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the first half of 2006. Previously code-named "Pacifica," AMD has built its virtualization technology based on a collaborative process that included Vmware, XenSource and, according to the company, Microsoft. ...

44. VMware introduces free server virtualization software

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    VMware is releasing a beta version of their VMware Server for free. The program is the company's successor to VMware GSX server, a for cost product, which allows multiple operating systems to run at the ...

45. VMware releases free beta of virtualization software

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Shrugging off challenges from rival upstarts touting better technology, virtualization leader VMware today released a free beta version of its software for creating multiple operating systems on ...

46. TG Daily interviews AMD: "Intel's new architecture is too late"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to see us add features that will become an important part of the platform. For example, we have worked with Microsoft, VMware and XenSource to launch a superior virtualization product in 2006. Of course, ...

47. Microsoft supports Linux with Virtual Server 2005 R2

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... in a new computer to the network. Virtual Server 2005 R2 competes against a well-established virtual operating system vendor, VMWare. VMWare offers VMWare Workstation, GSX and ESX virtualization software ...

48. Microsoft adopts virtual licenses

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... Server software or VMware's rival virtualization technology. Microsoft today unveiled new licensing policies that applies to Windows Server and related products installed in virtual machine environments ...

49. VMWare forms consortium with AMD, Intel, Dell, HP, others

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Virtual systems provider VMWare - the software arm of storage leader EMC - is announcing the formation of an industry consortium for the formation of open virtualization standards. Virtual systems ...

50. VMware's Workstation 5 comes alive

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      VMware is going back to where it all started, updating its flagship desktop virtualization software with new tools for distributed computing, multiple snapshot and cloning. VMware is going back ...