Year: 2006

Parallels released the third beta of Workstation 2.1 for Apple Mac OS X on Intel architectures within 10 days.

At this point I would call them builds instead of betas, otherwise customers could start to think the term beta is used just to gain as much exposure as possible.

This beta introduces no new features as well.

Download it here.

Quoting from BCM TechPlanet:

Everytime I meet VMware and other virtualization vendors who proudly tout their partnership with Intel and show off their support of VT, I ask them, “so how much of an improvement does VT give?”

The answer: Ask Intel.

So I did exactly that. Speaking with Diane M. Bryant, Vice President, Digital Enterprise Group & General Manager, Server Platforms Group at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Taiwan, she said: “VMware fully embraces VT so that’s a good indicator, but performance is something that will evolve over time.”…

Read the whole article at source.

The Minix 3.1.1 operating system, a minimal Unix clone, has been re-engineered to work in a Xen 2.0.7 domain.

It’s still a work in progress since there is no support for virtual block devices or virtual network devices yet (expected to work after the summer).

In this small presentation there is a map of modifications.

Download it here.

After the huge press coverage of last week about the first upcoming virtualization product, Parallels Workstation 2.1, for Apple Mac OS X on Intel architecture, Parallels already delivers the beta 2.

The new release fixes some bugs and introduces no new features.

Screenshots are available here and a video is available here.

Download it here.

After the Microsoft re-launch of Virtual Server 2005 R2 for free, Windows IT Pro News UK interviewed Alfred Biehler, product manager of Microsoft UK, Arun Jayendran, a senior product manager in the Windows Server marketing group and Chris Stirrat, a product unit manager in the Windows Enterprise Management Division.

I personally never read answers so evasive like in this interview. The whole amount of avoided answers and unsaid things gives you a good idea of Microsoft position in virtualization market.
And if you still have doubts you can read my insight Microsoft, the big absentee of virtualization.

Read the whole interview at source.

At BriForum 2006 Brian Madden interviewed Ron Oglesby, co-author of the book ESX Server: Advanced Technical Design Guide, about actual and upcoming VMware technologies.

Listen at the podcast here.

The What is Virtualization? webcast has been moved on the new What is Virtualization? section.

Check it there!

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Quoting from the eWeek InfraSpectrum podcast summary:

This week’s InfraSpectrum looks at the displacement of conventional PC and server deployment by on-demand PC provisioning and server virtualization, with comments from tech leaders at Ardence, Virtual Iron, and Gigaspaces talking with Peter Coffee about the tipovers that they see taking place.

Listen to the podcast here.

Quoting from the webcast registration form:

You are invited to another HP and Intel® joint webcast focused on HP Integrity servers based on the Intel Itanium 2 processor! This session will show you how a single HP Integrity server can support multiple virtual machines, each with its own separate “guest” operating system. As a result, each virtual machine (VM) can host its own applications in a fully isolated environment.

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Time: 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern / 5:00 PM GMT
Duration: 1 hour