Virtual Reality Check Project Lauched

“Do you wonder about virtualization? Are you seeking for the best virtualization platform for your specific environment? Project VRC shows you the way!”, this is the first question that suggest what kind of information we can find on new VRC website. The project has been launched by virtualization experts, Ruben Spruijt and Jeroen van de Kamp. This is a non-sponsored joint effort that produced a set of valuable benchmark comparisons between VMware ESX, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V, when running Windows XP and Vista virtual machines for Terminal Services and VDI environments...

VMware Loosing Market Share To Microsoft’s Hyper-V

The virtualization pioneer VMware announced plans to to launch a line of new products in 20o9 in an effort to fight slowdown of IT spending. the company that reported growth in 4th quarter of 2008 of 25% also said that its expectations for the first-quarter on 2009 are much weaker. VMware is planning major upgrades around server virtualization and cloud computing. The company is about to launch a “major update” of server virtualization products. It will be also unveiling new management and automation products, enhancements to its desktop virtualization offerings, as well as a significant...

Citrix, Intel To Develop New Xen Hypervisor

The IT media has reported a couple of times within the last few months that Intel sold many of its shares in VMware. Analysts said that the chip maker has probably decided to invest more in the producer of paravirtualization virtualization technology producer – Citrix. This month Intel and Citrix announced they join forces to develop a version of Xen for personal computers and this sparked the speculations about the birth of a new “client hypervisor”. The new Xen version is not aimed for the consumer market. Intel and Citrix are developing the technology for big enterprises with a...