Buzz grows around server virtualization

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
07/05/05
Today's focus: Buzz grows around server virtualization

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Today's focus: Buzz grows around server virtualization

By Deni Connor

Server virtualization got a boost last week - IBM acquired
Meiosys, and two other start-ups announced new funding and new
products.

Meiosys is involved in moving applications among physical
servers. Since its founding in 2000, Meiosys has virtualized
systems at the application level - applications, their
connections and processes are separated from the physical
hardware on which they run, and as such they can be moved from
user to user or from machine to machine as operations dictate.

Meiosys' MetaCluster software will be integrated into IBM's
high-end Linux and Unix servers and will ship in the second half
of this year.

PlateSpin announced technology it calls OS Portability, which
allows applications to be moved among physical servers, virtual
servers and archived images such as those created by Symantec's
LiveState or Ghost. With OS Portability, software can be
completely de-coupled from the hardware, allowing IT to maximize
the use of hardware resources. Application workloads can be
moved across networks or WANs.

OS Portability is available on an evaluation basis and will be
commercially available in July. Customers interested in the
technology can register for a beta trial at
<http://www.platespin.com/betatrial-London>

Another application virtualization vendor, Softricity, is
reporting that it closed $15 million in venture funding
recently. The Boston company estimates that 35% of its revenue
comes from Europe.

Softricity makes SoftGrid - software that encapsulates
applications into secure virtual partitions so that they can be
moved among Windows servers, desktops and laptops. Later this
year, the company expects to release an application called
ZeroTouch, which would allow users to get Windows applications
from anywhere via a Web browser without intervention from IT.

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

IBM gets into application virtualization
Network World
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/datacenter/009320.html?rl

IBM expands on demand portfolio with Meiosys buy
IDG News Service, 06/23/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers2959
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Deni Connor is a Senior Editor at Network World covering
storage, Unix, Novell, Macintosh and IT in Healthcare. You can
reach her at <mailto:dconnor@nww.com>.
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