Vizioncore released version 4.0 of its vRanger Pro 4.0 DPP (Data Protection Platform). The new version is said to incorporate major next-generation advances over previous versions and builds on Vizioncore's heritage as a leading force in the virtualization market. With quantum leaps in scalability, built-in intelligence and advanced functionality, vRanger Pro 4.0 DPP is designed to enable enterprises of all sizes to easily and reliably protect their critical data held on virtual machines (VMs).

You might have read in previous article about Citrix and Intel partnership. According to the virtualization report by David Marshall Citrix announced at Synergy 2009 that the partnership has born fruit and they – Citrix and Intel will be releasing their XenClient for free.

The virtualization ship has left the dock long time ago and many companies find that they are still standing on the shore. This is my view of many IT companies who haven’t got the resource or time to catch up. They are therefore left with no choice but to acquire those that have gone ahead.

In an effort to keep some customers, happy Microsoft recently announced that the new version on Microsoft Windows – Windows 7 will run in XP mode; Allowing businesses with application that can only run on XP to have to benefit of the application running newer hardware. Sounds like a great idea, but according to the The Enquirer some Intel and AMD chips will not support this mode.

The market for thin client is more open than it was three or more years ago and a lot of us are unsure which thin client to use in our virtual desktop infrastructure. We are also unaware of the options available to us. Based on the feedback from a previous article – Panologic vs. Wyse I have collated a list of thin client manufactures/suppliers. I hope list will act as a thin client guide or somewhere for you to start on your road to VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) implementation.

Microsoft released Linux Integration Components for Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization. The download is a set of drivers that enable synthetic device support in supported Linux virtual machines under Hyper-V.

When installed in a supported Linux virtual machine running on Hyper-V, the Linux Integration Components provide.

According to the AMD virtualization blog Oracle is offering its customers VMs with some of its applications already installed. The virtual appliances will come fully supported by Oracle.

With so many competing virtualisation platforms in the market, for any organisation, making the right decision to take advantage of this latest technology is critical. The new 2X VirtualDesktopServer reduces overall operating costs and unlocks the full potential of virtualisation platforms by improving desktop manageability, security and performance.

Axway has launched a virtualized offering of its leading MailGate Email Security product, which decreases messaging security’s physical footprint and costs by reducing hardware and operational needs. Continuing its investment in MailGate’s functionality, the new release also adds outbound IP virtualization to preserve corporate email reputations, and Domain Key Identified Mail (DKIM) to ensure proper message delivery.

Red Hat the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced today the official launch of the Teiid data virtualization system project in the JBoss.org Community. Teiid marks the first open source community project that aims to deliver Enterprise Information Integration (EII) with both relational and XML data virtualization.