Virtualization/Linux Success Story for SMB
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| I have been working with a small business that is a broker/Realtor office in
| Lees Summit, MO. They also provide property management for low-income
| housing. They are not a company that has money flowing for IT purchases. As a
| matter of fact, one of the challenges I was given right off the bat was to
| figure out how to re-utilize what they had for computers. I saw an immediate
| solution for virtualization and Linux.
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http://www.velocitywebdev.com/?p=29
Dunes unveils SMB-ready virtual appliances
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| The company this week announced it had scaled down its VS-O to provide the
| underlying technology for two virtual appliances: VS-O Lifecycle and VS-O
| Desktop. The virtual appliances each include a Linux operating system, a
| database, a directory service and a preinstalled library of processes and
| connectors into other systems.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/090407-dunes-smb-virtual-appliances.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
VMware to Face Citrix/XenSource Challenge
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| I also took into account the fact that the same Linux companies that have
| buried the x86 Unix companies—Red Hat and Novell/SUSE at the top of the list—
| were the same ones that were pushing Xen forward. If I had had the space to
| go into a long-winded discussion of VMware's open-source rivals, I would have
| mentioned one problem with them. From where I sit, only OpenVZ, which is
| backed by SWsoft, has shown a lot in the way of business smarts.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2171394,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
Novell has an announcement (new direction perhaps).
Virtual Iron Integrates SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Kernel and Drivers from
Novell in Latest Version of Its Platform; Raises the Bar on Reliability,
Security and Support
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| With this agreement, Virtual Iron users can now take advantage of Novell's
| unparalleled support matrix for data center server and storage systems and
| enterprise-class global support capabilities.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070904/20070904005772.html?.v=1
There's also this:
THUS launches virtualisation as rivals mock
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9974
Related:
Swsoft plots buying spree
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| The world+dog are lining up to kick Microsoft’s Viridian hypervisor, only
| likely to arrive at the back end of next year and with some features
| surgically removed, but Beloussov says the race isn’t to the swift.
|
| "I don’t think it’s in massive trouble," he said. "It's the Microsoft model
| not to innovate. Being first to market doesn’t matter."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42058
Microsoft flip-flops on Vista virtualization
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| Software like Parallels Desktop for the Mac or Microsoft's own Virtual
| PC for Windows allow multiple operating systems to run simultaneously.
| When it announced licensing rules for Vista last year, Microsoft said
| that only Vista Business and Vista Ultimate could run as guest
| operating systems. The company said virtualization presents inherent
| security risks and that it hoped by limiting which versions of the OS
| could act as virtual machines, only sophisticated users and businesses
| would employ the tactic.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6191787.html
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