Red Hat takes aim at Microsoft, VMware with virtualization, cloud strategy

Cisco UCS, Nexus 1000 virtual switches power VMworld labs; Half of new servers are virtualized, survey finds Data Center Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by IBM Webcast: Business Value of Virtualization IBM sponsored webcast with IDC Analyst, Gary Chen, presenting new whitepaper comparing the relative costs and business value of traditional x86 physical server installations with those of virtualized environments. Join us Sept 23 to hear how this approach will put you on a path towards maximizing business value from virtualization. Click to continue Spotlight Story Red Hat takes aim at Microsoft, VMware with virtualization, cloud strategy Red Hat this week lined up nose-to-nose with VMware and Microsoft laying out its bid to become a top-tier provider of virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure software for both the enterprise and service providers. 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