Users with servers powered by Intel's "Paxville" Xeon MP processor can now activate the chip's virtualization capabilities.
The technology was in the chip when it started shipping last year, but it was disabled until now.
"You can now enable virtualization technology in your servers and start running it in your testing and development environments," Bryant told the conference attendees.
She also noted support from Red Hat and Novell's SuSE Linux unit for the open-source Xen virtualization technology, and announced virtualization software vendor VMware's release Feb. 6 of its free VMware Server product.
As reported on Feb. 2, VMware is rolling out the product as a free entry-level offering designed to give businesses with little or no experience with server virtualization a taste of the benefits the technology provides.
Virtualization enables businesses to run multiple applications and operating environments on a single server by carving it up into multiple virtual machines. According to Vernon Turner, an analyst with Framingham, Mass.-based IDC, many businesses using the technology are running as many as 10 virtual machines on a single physical server.
The idea of virtualization was introduced four decades ago with IBM's mainframes but has gained momentum in recent years with the growth of more powerful and smaller servers, and with the advent of such companies as VMware.
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The technology was in the chip when it started shipping last year, but it was disabled until now.
"You can now enable virtualization technology in your servers and start running it in your testing and development environments," Bryant told the conference attendees.
She also noted support from Red Hat and Novell's SuSE Linux unit for the open-source Xen virtualization technology, and announced virtualization software vendor VMware's release Feb. 6 of its free VMware Server product.
As reported on Feb. 2, VMware is rolling out the product as a free entry-level offering designed to give businesses with little or no experience with server virtualization a taste of the benefits the technology provides.
Virtualization enables businesses to run multiple applications and operating environments on a single server by carving it up into multiple virtual machines. According to Vernon Turner, an analyst with Framingham, Mass.-based IDC, many businesses using the technology are running as many as 10 virtual machines on a single physical server.
The idea of virtualization was introduced four decades ago with IBM's mainframes but has gained momentum in recent years with the growth of more powerful and smaller servers, and with the advent of such companies as VMware.
For more go to : Eweek