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images/news/opensource.jpgVirtualisation giant VMware has announced that it has joined the Linux Foundation, lining up alongside existing members such as Adobe, Google and IBM.
Virtualisation, the ability to run software in virtualised containers so multiple operating systems or versions can run on one physical machine, is becoming more prevalent in IT environments. At its core, virtualisation is enabled by software called a hypervisor, and can help drive down data centre costs, among other benefits.
The announcement is VMware's latest embrace of open source, and comes one month after the removal of co-founder and CEO Diane Greene.
Last year, the vendor open-sourced a number of its tools, and in 2006 opened up the specification for its Virtual Machine Interface, which enables guest operating systems to communicate with the hypervisor.
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Virtualisation, the ability to run software in virtualised containers so multiple operating systems or versions can run on one physical machine, is becoming more prevalent in IT environments. At its core, virtualisation is enabled by software called a hypervisor, and can help drive down data centre costs, among other benefits.
The announcement is VMware's latest embrace of open source, and comes one month after the removal of co-founder and CEO Diane Greene.
Last year, the vendor open-sourced a number of its tools, and in 2006 opened up the specification for its Virtual Machine Interface, which enables guest operating systems to communicate with the hypervisor.
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