Linux Vendors Get Virtual

Eh, this makes sense if you stop to think about it. If we can begin to see a really huge push for virtualization technology, the world of the Operating System will never again be the same.

Linux vendors are promoting the benefits of technology known as virtualization that allows multiple operating systems to run on the same hardware at the same time, saying it could crank up computing power and decrease costs.

At the 2006 Linux/Open Source on Wall Street conference at New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel on Monday, Linux vendors such as Novell and Red Hat pushed the advantages of the technology ushered in by the XenSource open source product Xen 3.0.

Xen allows multiple operating systems to run on the same hardware, much as VMware has been able to do for proprietary operating systems like Windows. Xen also supports Intel’s Virtualization Technology (VT) so each guest operating system can run at full processor speed.

Intel has also been pushing virtualization. At an event in San Francisco on Monday, the company introduced vPro technology aimed at making business PCs more manageable by IT managers who want to safeguard company computers against viruses, spyware, and identity theft. The technology combines VT with Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) on its dual-core processors…. Source: Red Herring

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