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Desktop virtualisation opens new doors for users
When Apple released Parallels Desktop in June 2006, it showed most users for the first time what they could achieve with desktop virtualisation. Read more »
Intel brings virtualisation to the desktop
Intel is set to launch Monday new desktop processors that can subdivide tasks in a hardware feature called Virtualization Technology, or VT. Read more »
Thin computing: Low-fat but is it green?
Desktop virtualisation can address IT budgetary and environmental pressures but datacentre experts warn that the technologies can simply create similar problems elsewhere. Read more »
Virtualisation to drive staff-owned PCs at work
Virtualisation's ability to separate the operating system from hardware will give companies the choice to let staff run their own devices at work, according to analysts — but security remains problematic today. Read more »
Ex-XenSource CEO touts desktop virtualization
Virtualisation start up Pano Logic, which founded by ex-CEO of XenSource, intends to offer a new solution to the desktop thin client market. Read more »
Desktop PC not dead, just changing
The traditional desktop PC is not yet doomed, but is going through a transformation, according to HP. Read more »
Linux sales booming thanks to Microsoft: Novell
Novell says its Linux business has grown by 243 percent over the last three quarters, and it largely credits its deal with Microsoft. Read more »
VMware to make server product free
Virtualisation software manufacturer, VMware, is expected to announce next week it will begin giving away one of its key products for free. Read more »
OS X Leopard gets 'secure' Parallels Desktop
Parallels has begun testing its virtualisation software for Apple's latest operating system, Leopard. Read more »
Major vendors in virtualisation moves
Microsoft, Citrix, Novell and Sun Microsystems all made announcements around virtualisation overnight. Read more »
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What virtualisation tools are available for testing?
This article talks about some of the free or inexpensive tools you might use to accomplish your virtualisation testing. Read more »
10 things you should know about virtualisation
Virtualisation has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Microsoft has promised that the Hyper-V virtualisation component (formerly called Viridian) will follow within 180 days of the Windows Server 2008 release. Read more »
10 surprising things about Windows Server 2008
When you take a look at Windows Server 2008, you'll discover big changes -- including some legitimate improvements. This article outlines a few of the unexpected aspects of the new OS, both good and bad. Read more »
Remaking my server environment: blade servers, virtualisation, terminal computing
My staff and I will be making some relatively significant changes to the computing environment at Westminster College. I thought I'd use this post to describe what we're doing and why and maybe give you some ideas about your own workings. Read more »
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Production-quality XenSource virtualisation is the main selling point here, with optional clustering and storage virtualisation to go with it. But there's a lot more besides, making the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a compelling solution for businesses of all sizes. Read more »
Virtual computing offers real benefits, real challenges
Virtualisation breaks the link between software and hardware; great for managers but not so good for others. Read more »
Red Hat's Fedora 5 boosts desktop features
Red Hat released its Fedora Core 5 version of Linux Monday, giving enthusiasts new graphics and virtualisation abilities, as well as some desktop utilities based on a software framework from Microsoft. Read more »
Are you going to upgrade to Windows Server 2008?
There is a lot of hype in the IT industry when it comes to new releases of products. Look at the iPhone, Windows Vista, WiMax, OS X Leopard. This article digs through the hype to help you make a decision for yourself whether migrating to Windows Server 2008 will be worth it in the next 18-24 months. Read more »
10 tech skills you should develop during the next five years
If you want a job where you can train in a particular skill set and then never have to learn anything new, IT isn't the field for you. But if you like to be constantly learning new things and developing new skills, you're in the right business. In the late 80s, NetWare and IPX/SPX administration were the skills to have. Today, it's all about TCP/IP and the Internet. Read more »
Is a US$100 laptop truly useful?
There has been a lot of focus in recent years on creating inexpensive, affordable computers for users in the developing world, and at the forefront is Professor Nicholoas Negroponte. Read more »
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Virtualisation -- threat or menace?
-- It sounds like VMware's Rosenblum has this opportunity figured out, and I suspect that Microsoft's Virtual PC managers do too. It'll be interesting to watch this market develop over time. Read more »
Ubuntu gets jaunty
-- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »
Google joins Microsoft's mixed bag
-- It certainly has not been all roses and glory at Microsoft and Google this week. Read more »
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On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.