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Virtualization and the hypervisor Get news, user stories and tips on when, why and how to use hypervisors, virtualization programs that allows multiple operating systems to share a single hardware processor.



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	VMware's new CEO lays out strategy on Q2 earnings call SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 23 Jul 2008 ARTICLE - After announcing a lowered revenue forecast, VMware's new CEO laid out the strategy for competing with Microsoft and for bulking up the company's management software portfolio.


	VMware to give away ESXi for free SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 23 Jul 2008 ARTICLE - With VMware soon to offer ESXi for free, the hypervisor will officially become commoditized.


	Xen proponents question merits of Red Hat KVM hypervisor SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 25 Jun 2008 ARTICLE - Red Hat's new KVM-based hypervisor may be easier to install alongside Linux, but paravirtualized offerings like Citrix's Xen still trump the new hypervisor, say KVM detractors.


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	Maximizing hypervisor value at lower cost amid virtualization competition 02 Jun 2008 TIP - Pricy hypervisors like VMware's are on the road to commoditization. But until they decrease in price, use these survival tactics to maximize value without paying a premium.


	Weighing hosted, bare-metal, OS and hybrid server virtualization 04 Feb 2008 TIP - Weigh the pros and cons of hosted, bare-metal, operating system and hybrid server virtualization.


	Inside Microsoft's Hyper-V Windows 2008 virtualization architecture (formerly Viridian) 16 Nov 2007 TIP - Anil Desai describes the technical architecture of Microsoft's upcoming Hyper-V (formerly Viridian) and explains what it means for IT organizations.


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	hypervisor 27 Apr 2005 WORD - A hypervisor, also called a virtual machine manager, is a program that allows multiple operating systems to share a single hardware host. Each operating system appears to have the host's processor, memory, and other ...


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Application virtualization, Emerging virtualization technologies, Host-based virtualization, Paravirtualization, Operating-system (OS) level virtualization, Hardware virtualization

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