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• VirtualBox 3.1 released, live migration added

  Open source virtualization hypervisor VirtualBox has reached version 3.1, which adds the ability to migrate a live virtual machine session between physical hosts.

• Citrix virtual desktop customers still using VMware on back end

  Citrix's desktop virtualization customers are still using VMware's server hypervisor on the back end, but a Citrix executive claims a shift away from VMware is afoot.

• AppSense to partner on hosted VDI service

  AppSense, looking to capitalise on the growing interest in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), is in discussions with local hosted service providers and virtualiastion vendors to embed its technology in their VDI offerings.

• Windows 7 will drive virtual desktop adoption, VMware says

  The release of Microsoft's Windows 7 should increase adoption of desktop virtualization technology, but won't necessarily cause a massive shift from physical to virtual desktops, a VMware executive said this week.
  

• Citrix desktop virtualization push: any device, any location

  Citrix on Monday said its latest desktop virtualization software will give users access to high-definition desktops from any location and from just about any device, including PCs, Macs, thin clients, laptops, netbooks and smartphones.

• Citrix planning major desktop virtualization push

  Citrix is preparing a major desktop virtualization push that it believes will help speed adoption of virtual desktops in the enterprise, and perhaps help the vendor take market share away from rival VMware.

• Desktop — the next virtualisation tsunami: VMware

  VMware is working to lift the success rate of its desktop virtualisation rollouts with a new initiative to help customers understand the changes in process required with implementations of the technology.

• Red Hat virtual desktop technology heads into beta tests

  Side-by-side Windows displays might be the last thing you would expect to see taking center stage at Red Hat's booth at the recent Interop show in Las Vegas. But it makes sense when you consider they were part of a demo showcasing the company's pursuit of what it sees as a huge opportunity: the emerging virtual desktop market.

• NComputing's access kit aims to cut computing costs

  NComputing on Tuesday dug deeper into low-cost computing with the launch of the X350 kit, which lets four users access one desktop PC.

• Desktops will move to the cloud, VMware exec says

  The desktop is one the areas ripe for moving into the cloud, and the driver will be lower operational costs for both large and small companies, a VMware executive said at the company's VMworld conference in Cannes.

• Citrix invests in desktop virtualisation startup

  Citrix has spent the past year and a half redefining itself as a virtualization company, first purchasing the desktop and server virtualization vendor XenSource and then placing the "Xen" name on its flagship application delivery software to reflect a focus on virtualization.

• HP updates desktop virtualization software

  Hewlett-Packard hopes to widen the use of its desktop virtualization products with new software that will improve video playback and allow the use of USB peripherals such as webcams, the company announced Monday.