Ballmer once again made it clear that Microsoft had absolutely no plans to port any of its substantial software library to Linux. IBM claims that about 20 per cent of mainframe sales are now Linux-based and a good number of them are consolidation...
As part of the deal, Oracle has agreed to port its software to Solaris x86, the version of Sun's OS that runs on chips like Xeon that are based on the so-called x86 architecture. The two new servers - the Sun Fire V60x and V65x - run Intel Xeon...
ESX Server is a piece of software that carves physical servers up into smaller virtual machines, allowing multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on the same Intel-based box. Enterprise Product of the year: ESX Server 2, VMware
First, because virtual machines can be moved from GSX to ESX, customers who try the former may choose to upgrade to the latter. The company sells three core products, VMware Workstation, GSX Server and ESX Server, but competition is on the horizon...
The technology is catching on in mainstream servers using x86 processors such as AMD's Opteron and Intel's Xeon, and Microsoft is one of several competitors trying to win customers from market leader VMware.
To reflect this widening of focus, its tools will be renamed vCharter, vMigrator, vRanger and vReplicater - dropping the VMware inspired "esx" suffix and replacing it with the more generic "v". In particular the V2V capability brought in by the...