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Free Citrix XenServer for Everybody
Citrix will make its XenServer virtualization platform free to all users for unlimited production deployment, hoping to kick off a new wave of server virtualization for SMBs and midmarket customers. While basic hypervisors have been available at no charge for years, most aren’t much use in an actual production environment, says John Humphreys, senior director…
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VMware, Intel Remotely Manage Secure Virtual Desktops
VMware announced Feb. 24 at its VMware Europe event that it will expand the capabilities of its desktop virtualization platform by teaming with Intel’s vPro remote access and management technology, giving solution providers more flexibility to manage virtualized desktop environments remotely, and adding increased security capabilities. VMware’s new desktop CVP (client virtualization platform) hypervisor is already optimized for…
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HP, Citrix Team Up on Desktop Virtualization
Hewlett-Packard will bundle Citrix XenDesktop 3 with two new blade PC offerings to help solution providers reduce customers’ costs, increase manageability and security and gain traction in a rapidly accelerating market. Desktop virtualization solutions have seen early adoption in vertical markets such as health care, finance and manufacturing whose users regularly interact with confidential and…
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IBM Acquires Virtualization Vendor Transitive for QuickTransit
IBM has announced it will acquire virtualization company Transitive — the maker of QuickTransit software IBM has used to allow Linux and x86-based applications to run on RISC processors. The acquisition is designed to further IBM’s strategy of boosting demand for its RISC-based Power systems. Transitive’s QuickTransit dynamically translates native code between architectures, enabling applications…
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Virtualization Vendors Defy Market Plunge
Technology stocks took another beating Monday as global markets continued to bend under the pressure of the economic downturn. Over the last week, technology stocks fell into the red. The only exceptions were the virtualization vendors–VMware, Citrix Systems and EMC–which in the past two days have climed where others have fell. The following are closing…