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• Worldwide virtualisation software revenue to grow 43 per cent

  Worldwide virtualisation software revenue will increase 43 per cent from US$1.9 billion in 2008 to $US2.7 billion in 2009, said Gartner.

• EMC, Microsoft extend partnership on virtualization, more

  EMC and Microsoft have extended a partnership that focuses on interoperability of products related to virtualization, security and content management, the companies announced this week.

• VMware touts open source desktop virtualization

  VMware this week announced VMware View Open Client and claimed that it advances its vClient Initiative toward universal clients.

• VMware reports strong Q4, but less rosy outlook

  Virtualization vendor VMware reported solid results for its fourth quarter, a sign that businesses were prepared to keep spending on technologies that can give them a fairly quick return on investment.

• EMC takes the gloves off with VMware

  Five years after purchasing VMware, EMC is becoming more aggressive in selling its own products and services alongside those of its virtualization subsidiary.

• VMware taps Borland CEO for chief operating officer

  Virtualization giant VMware has named Borland Software CEO Tod Nielsen to the newly created position of chief operating officer, in the latest chapter of a VMware management shakeup that began with the ouster in July 2008 of co-founder and CEO Diane Greene.

• Choppy water ahead for VMware?

  Question marks have been raised over the ability of VMware to meet its fourth quarter revenue numbers, after a turbulent 12 months for the virtualisation giant that saw the ousting of its co-founders, and a massive decline in its share price.

• VMware wants a bigger role in your data center

  VMware is still the top player in the hypervisor market, but the coming year will see the company move far beyond its original focus of virtualizing x86 servers.

• VMware takes new view of desktop

  VMware has introduced View 3, the updated version of its virtual data infrastructure (VDI) offering. The company claimed that the new product would reduce desktop storage demands by as much as 70 per cent.

• VMware releases revamped desktop software

  VMware has released VMware View 3, new software aimed at providing desktop virtualization, application virtualization and management of virtual desktops in one product.

• HR group builds virtual DR with VMware

  Human resources consulting firm Chandler Macleod Group has revitalised its IT operations by using virtualisation to build virtual disaster recovery and consolidate its server infrastructure.

• Virtualisation battle heats as Microsoft, VMware trade blows

  The battle for the virtual data centre has begun and Microsoft is making its presence felt by snatching market share from its arch-rival VMware with some recent customer deployments of its Hyper-V virtualisation hypervisor, but VMware continues to defend its turf amid the onslaught of new competition.

• VMware denies Microsoft gained market share at its expense

  VMware officials objected to an assertion by IDC that VMware has lost some of its industry-leading market share to Microsoft, claiming that Microsoft's new Hyper-V product has barely made a dent in sales.

• New CEO makes changes at VMware

  Three months after being made VMware's CEO, Paul Maritz has announced changes at the company that are designed to help it ride out the economic storm while at the same time changing from a fast-growing startup into a mature software company.

• Microsoft narrows gap with VMware

  VMware is holding onto its market-share lead in the x86 virtualization market but Microsoft is making a strong push with Hyper-V, IDC statistics show.