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DTMF Accepts Draft Specification for Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF)

The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) today announced the acceptance of a draft specification submitted by leading virtualization companies targeting an industry standard format for portable virtual machines.

Robin Wauters | August 26th, 2008 | Read full article

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Citrix Releases XenApp 5, Will It Prove To Become The Application Virtualization Standard?

Citrix today announced the release of Citrix XenApp 5, and claims it “breaks through performance and operating-cost barriers, making application start times up to 10 times faster, dramatically improving end-user experience and lowering application management costs by more than 25 percent over previous versions”.

Robin Wauters | August 25th, 2008 | Read full article

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Xen 3.3.0 Available For Download

A recent post on the Xen blog featured a proposed data sheet (PDF) for the (back then upcoming) Xen 3.3 release, which we said was in final testing stage in the beginning of this month. Now Xen 3.3.0 is here and ready for download.

Robin Wauters | August 25th, 2008 | Read full article

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VDIworks Virtual Desktop Platform 1.2 To Support HP RGS Protocol

VDIworks today announced that the latest release of VDIworks’ Virtual Desktop Platform (VDP), version 1.2, will provide connection brokering and management for the HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) protocol.

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Brett Johnson Leaves PlateSpin To Head Sales at DynamicOps

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TBD Networks Goes For Full DataCenter Virtualization With TBDVirtualFabric-VME

TBDVirtualFabric-VMware Edition (VME) provides the missing pieces for companies to realize the full benefits of Datacenter Virtualization by unifying physical and virtual firewalls and network infrastructure. TBDVirtualFabric-VME was specifically designed to provide a virtual fabric of networking, security, and firewall capabilities to scale VMware environments beyond current limitations.

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Solidcore S3 Control Software Now Supports VMware ESX

Solidcore Systems, who specializes in change audit and configuration control, today announced its S3 Control software detects and validates change events to VMware environments in real time. Unlike previous methods that relied on multiple scan-based tools to manage change, the S3 Control software reconciles change events in real time from both virtual and physical infrastructures with an enterprise change management process.

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NetIQ Survey Results Reflect Lack of Virtualization Management Basics

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INX’ Virtualization Book Release Scheduled For VMware VMworld 2008 (Las Vegas)

INX today announced the release of “Deploying the VMware Infrastructure” at VMware VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas.

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