Wind River launches embedded hypervisor
News The Wind River Hypervisor for embedded systems promises to let multiple operating systems run side by side on a single or multicore chip [18 Jun 2009]
Red Hat begins testing virtualisation line-up
News Beta tests begin on the new line of virtualisation products based on Qumranet's KVM, which put Red Hat into direct competition with the likes of Citrix, Microsoft and VMware [17 Jun 2009]
Dell boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio
News The company has unveiled pre-configured packages for deploying and managing virtualised infrastructures, new storage products and a consulting service called ProConsult [17 Jun 2009]
Citrix releases major XenServer upgrade
News People can now download version 5.5 of both XenServer and Citrix Essentials, the first significant new releases since XenServer became a free product in February [17 Jun 2009]
Tripwire unveils virtualisation-management tool
News Tripwire's vWire virtualisation management software is designed to cut downtime and reduce risk [09 Jun 2009]
Virtualisation's 10 commandments of destruction
Analysis Like nuclear technology, virtualisation is being sold as safe yet powerful. But beware — do not ignore its disruptive potential [05 Jun 2009]
The reality of virtualisation: Special report
Roundup Virtualisation has gone from curiosity to IT necessity. Find out what's happening at the cutting edge — and in daily use — in our special report [03 Jun 2009]
From The Labs: A look at Windows 7's XP mode 
Video Kicking off a series of bulletins from ZDNet UK's Labs, Charles McLellan looks at the virtual copy of Windows XP that's available as an option in Windows 7 [01 Jun 2009]
Bare metal hypervisors: a group test
Group Test Over the past few years, virtualisation has become a viable option to thin down datacentres in terms of physical size, heat output and cost. Here we examine three leading hypervisors. [01 Jun 2009]
VMware exec demos fluid network switching
Video Chief technology officer Stephen Herrod explains what the additional features in the company's network-switching distribution will bring to virtualisation [26 May 2009]
EMC: Virtualisation is ready for big apps
Analysis The company says virtualisation is capable of handling even the most challenging workloads [22 May 2009]
EMC's Tucci: Next big things in IT
Analysis The data-storage and virtualisation company's chief executive Joe Tucci talks about four technologies that are shaking up the industry [22 May 2009]
VMware releases its 'cloud OS'
News The company has released vSphere 4, the latest version of its core virtualisation platform, which manages and treats datacentre components like a single resource [21 May 2009]
VMware sets date for mobile virtualisation
News The project to let businesses virtualise smartphones and mobile devices is still in the early stages, but VMware says it is in negotiation with major handset makers [21 May 2009]
Oracle acquires Virtual Iron
News The database software giant says it will buy virtualisation software maker Virtual Iron, a deal that should put pressure on niche leader VMware [15 May 2009]
IDC: Virtual servers set to overtake physical boxes
News IT departments in Western Europe will deploy more virtual machines than physical servers for the first time in 2009, according to IDC [15 May 2009]
Cisco taps next-gen networks for the cloud
News The networking company has announced its Unified Service Delivery package, a more efficient platform aimed at cloud services providers [12 May 2009]
Citrix updates XenServer and Essentials
News XenServer 5.5 promises to make it easier to convert virtual machines from one format to another, and to work better with third-party products [07 May 2009]
Server consolidation: a tech guide
Tech Guide Many modern datacentres are so full of equipment that it's impossible to add anything new without first making space for it. One way to free up valuable real estate is by consolidating existing servers into virtual machines or blade systems. [07 May 2009]
Do virtual servers really mean lower costs?
Comment Assumptions about virtualisation cost savings need to be put on a firmer footing, says Cameron Haight [05 May 2009]
Open-source cloud platform goes commercial
Blog Eucalyptus, an open-source project aimed at making it possible to set up Amazon Web Services-compatible private cloud infrastructures, has established itself as a private company, Eucalyptus... [29 Apr 2009]
A free tool from VKernel for tracking VMs
Blog The virtualisation software supplier, VKernel announced the free tool last week. It can help in the documentation and inventory recording of virtual machines (VMs), the company said. Called... [02 Apr 2009]
Virtual Iron virtually sold perhaps
Blog The rumours are building around the virtualisation company Virtual Iron and if they are not quite at fever pitch, they are somewhere close. I normally avoid writing about rumours but this one is so... [12 Mar 2009]
Citrix will offer free XenServer, reports say
Blog On Wednesday it appeared that Citrix was about to declare that it was offering its flagship virtualisation software, XenServer, for free, a move that might immediately revitalise the company’s... [19 Feb 2009]
Is Red Hat threatening to do a Novell with latest virtualisa...
Blog Just seen a release come in from Red Hat promising to play nicely with Microsoft over their competing virtualisation approaches. It smacks slightly of the kind of release you'd expect from the... [16 Feb 2009]
VMware opens client virtualisation
Blog EMC's virtualisation company, VMware has launched an open source virtual desktop client, VMware View Open Client. It is intended for use by EMC/VMware partner companies who want to give their... [05 Feb 2009]
VirtualBox - hedging my bets
Blog For my latest Joomla! site, I have set up a Windows XP Virtual Machine (VM), using the VirtualBox Open Source Edition. Trouble is, once I'd installed Internet Explorer 7, I couldn't get a... [22 Jan 2009]
Sun upgrades xVM VirtualBox
Blog Sun Microsystems said on Wednesday that it has upgraded its x VM VirtualBox desktop virtualisation software to version 2.1. It has introduced a range of enhancements to the software including... [19 Dec 2008]
Automatic fault finding
Blog All too often a problem is easy to fix once it has been correctly diagnosed. The trouble is, it can sometimes take a disproportionate amount of time to identify the problem. A fault with a NAS... [22 Sep 2008]
A better way to migrate virtual machines
Blog VMware has been in business for 10 years, and for most of that time it based its business on the fact that Intel and AMD did not support virtualisation. Although the chip vendors both added... [17 Sep 2008]
