VMware Free Service Simplifies ESXi Hypervisor Use

VMware Go is a free service designed to help first-time customers mainly in the small-to-medium-size business market get started with virtualization. The Web-based service automates the installation and configuration of VMware’s freely downloadable ESXi hypervisor.
 Because VMware only three months ago released the latest version of its bread-and-butter product vSphere 4.0, the so-called Cloud Operating System the world’s largest virtualization software maker is turning to other news to talk about on the first day of VMworld 2009.

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Midrange Enterprises, SMBs Are Key Topics at VMworld 2009

CES in Las Vegas and CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, certainly have the inside track on all the new gadgets; nobody is going to argue that point. Dozens of smaller events staged by Intel, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others are also not to be sneezed at for their news and innovations. But for overall IT news value this year, VMworld appears to stand on its own. People are saying that the VMworld 2009
conference, which opens Aug. 31 at Moscone Center here and has attracted some 200 vendors and more than 11,000 attendees, might be the newsiest IT show ofthe year.

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VMware Competitors Microsoft, Citrix Will Exhibit at VMworld

VMware has changed its rules and is limiting its two biggest competitors to 10-foot-square booths at VMworld, the world’s largest virtualization show. VMware also is restricting the movement of Microsoft and Citrix Systems employees by requiring them to remain within the boundaries of their booths. Despite a published report Aug. 27 suggesting that Microsoft and Citrix Systems might be skipping VMworld, held Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 in San Francisco, both companies told eWEEK that they will have booths at the conference, which is expected to attract about 200 vendors.

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