BitDefender, an award-winning provider of innovative security solutions, announced at VMworld 2011 Europe the commercial availability of an integrated security solution for VMware vShield 5 virtualised datacentres. Security for Virtualized Environments by Bitdefender integrates with VMware vShield Endpoint to protect Windows servers and desktops, as well as Linux and Solaris systems.

IGEL Technology, the world’s leading provider of Linux-based thin clients, has expanded its existing collaboration with Red Hat. Effective immediately, all Linux-based thin client solutions available from IGEL can also be used as customized end-user devices for accessing virtual desktops provisioned by means of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops. As a result, both companies together now offer a high-performance, open source solution for accessing Windows or Linux-based virtual desktops.

Stromasys S.A. has announce that its CHARON line of cross platform virtualisation products has received the VMware Ready logo. The software virtualises Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11, VAX systems, and AlphaServers. VMware has now confirmed that Charon virtual servers are supported on virtual machines in the VMware ESXi environment.

3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, a comprehensive server virtualization solution that includes a standalone Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor and server management tools. With this announcement, 3PAR InServ(R) Storage Server customers can choose the enterprise-class Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor to build and deploy a virtualization environment on a scale necessary for public or private cloud datacenters.

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.