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November 7, 2006 The EMC subsidiary has launched a program to certify and sell virtual appliances. TAGS: VMware, appliance, virtualization, XenSource Inc., marketplace, EMC Corp., Linux, software company, server, Microsoft Corp., operating system

September 26, 2005 SWsoft updates Virtuozzo to support 64-bit x86 chips, a useful feature for software that lets administrators carve up servers into partitions. TAGS: Virtuozzo, SWsoft, x86 processor, EMC Corp., 64-bit, VMware, dual-core processor, server, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

April 11, 2005 New version of company's workstation software lets multiple virtual machines share the same memory in some situations. TAGS: VMware, VMware Workstation, virtual machine, x86 processor, EMC Corp., workstation, 64-bit, Novell Inc., Sun Solaris, Red Hat Inc., support, memory, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

August 8, 2005 Attempting to maintain its leadership in virtual-machine software, company agrees to share code with partners such as IBM and HP. TAGS: Xen, VMware, virtualization, leadership, Illuminata Inc., EMC Corp., Novell Inc., API, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., open source, server, Microsoft Corp., AMD, Intel, HP

September 11, 2007 More than 80 percent of VMware income comes from higher-level tools, a move that gives the EMC subsidiary more breathing room against rivals.Getting real about virtualization TAGS: hypervisor, VMware, virtualization, XenSource Inc., EMC Corp., data center, virtual machine, server, president, Microsoft Corp.

October 17, 2005 Beta tests begin on ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2, two products aiming to advance the virtualization trend. TAGS: VMWare ESX Server, VMware, virtualization, virtual machine, EMC Corp., data center, Xen, server, Linux, AMD, Intel, Microsoft Corp.

November 6, 2006 Microsoft "test drive" program lets customers try out software in unobtrusive virtual machines. TAGS: virtualization, VMware, XenSource Inc., virtual machine, EMC Corp., Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

October 31, 2005 The new version is certified to work with AMD's Opteron processor and IBM's BladeCenter server, the company says. TAGS: Virtual Iron, AMD Opteron, IBM eServer BladeCenter, EMC Corp., Xen, VMware, Linux, server, IBM Corp., AMD, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

August 8, 2005 Start-up is expanding its management software to control a rival software foundation, Xen. TAGS: Virtual Iron, Xen, management software, virtualization, EMC Corp., XenSource Inc., VMware, management, virtual machine, server, open source, start-up, Microsoft Corp.

April 13, 2006 Microsoft works to make one copy of Windows look like many, while the Linux equivalent gains ground. TAGS: OpenVZ, virtualization, SWsoft, Virtuozzo, Linux, VMware, approach, EMC Corp., Sun Solaris, partition, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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