Redhat has acquired Qumranet for approximately $107 million in cash.Qumranet’s claim to fame has been the KVM module, an open source project for Linux kernel based virtualization using technologies embedded in processors from Intel and AMD.
Redhat has shown a keen interest in building its own virtulization portfolio to entrench itself deeper in customer environments ( [...]
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Redhat grows virtualization portfolio: acquires Qumranet for $107 mil
Now Free: VMware hypervisor ESXi
Increasing competition in the area of virtualization brought you a freebie on Monday. VMware announced it would let users download its number one product hypervisor ESXi for free. According to a VMware press release, ESXi 3.5 update 2 is available for download immediately from the link - http://vmware.com/products/esxi/.
ESXi is purpose-built for running virtual machines, minimizing [...]
