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VMware just released their free server virtualization solution, VMware Server 2.0 Beta 2 for public testing. VMware Server 2.0 willl enables you to provision new server capacity by partitioning a physical server into multiple virtual machines. In the new WMware server 2.o, the latest server operating system like Windows Vista , Windows server 2008 , Red Hat Enterprise 5 and and Suse Enterprise 10 also able to support. Plus more, the supporting hardware on WMware server 2.0 has been improve... Read Full Story

Hi all, while surfing the Internet I came across a site on which you can find computer based training for a lot of different technologies. They have just released their CBT for ESX virtualization technology: I'm lucky and they send me the complete training to have a look to. The course is very complete and presents also the technology that could go together with virtualization (P2V, VCB, third party software...). All the course is divided in about twenty chapters: each chapter is an HQ... Read Full Story

The last few weeks have been incredible for virtualization buzz, from the Cloud Computing Meme  upsurge, to the launch of Hyper-V and then the shocking Greene departure at VMware.  It is only a matter of time before we hear speculation about ESX price cuts in response to Microsoft’s aggressive Hyper-V pricing; much of the virtualization [...] Read Full Story

VMWare Workstation evaluation While trying out vmware workstation trial/evaluation copy, come across warning messages. Here is what happened. Downloaded VMWare workstation from VMWare downloads section. HardwareThe home PC has amd athlon X2 64 and Windows xp sp 3 with 250 gb hdd and 3 gb ram. InstallationInstallation of VMWare workstation is easy breezy . Fedora core 8 for guest OSDownloaded Fedora Core 8 to play with VMWare workstation. Creation of virtual machineOn completion of... Read Full Story

Now that Hyper-V is officially shipping you can expect to see a series of new developments in the data center virtualization market.  Microsoft appears to be leveraging Hyper-V and virtualization to extend the reach of Server 2008 versus launching it as a head to head offering versus ESX.   Microsoft clearly wants to play to its incumbent [...] Read Full Story