Virtual infrastructure software vendor VMware yesterday made competitive moves against rivals Microsoft and the open-source Xen project with new partnerships and shared source code announcements. The company expects standard interfaces for hypervisors to enable interoperability for customers with heterogeneous virtualized environments. Vendors across the technology stack can now optimize existing technologies and introduce new technologies for running in virtual environments.
VMware Shares Source Code in Standardization Initiative
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire August 9, 2005 10:40 AMVirtual infrastructure software vendor VMware yesterday made competitive moves against rivals Microsoft and the open-source Xen project with new partnerships and shared source code announcements. The company expects standard interfaces for hypervisors to enable interoperability for customers with heterogeneous virtualized environments. Vendors across the technology stack can now optimize existing technologies and introduce new technologies for running in virtual environments.