Red Hat Pledges 'Integrated Virtualization'

OSS_ilation writes "Red Hat was all about virtualization in a recent announcement for an 'integrated virtualization' initiative with XenSource and chipmakers AMD and Intel. The move was seen as a way for Red Hat to bring its commitment to virtualization technology into 'sharper focus [...] with the release of a product roadmap that includes virtualization technology built into its enterprise version of Linux.' Red Hat's CTO, Brian Stevens, said the move would remove the complex 'rocket science' aspect of virtualization, and drive the technology into more enterprises as a result."

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Except that Virtualization on Linux was almost always as easy as on Windows, unless for some reason you use Xen. If they really wanted to remove the 'rocket-science' aspect from virtualization they would simply strike a deal with a company that has a mature virtualization product. However, that doesn't make Red Hat look like some industry leader in the area as virtualization as saying they're going to take an OSS product and create some group around it.

Red Hat and Xen - World leader in virtualization as long as you only want to run Linux or BSD.