Novell Updates PlateSpin Migrate, Releases Version 8.1

Novell today announced the addition of physical-to-virtual migration support for Sun’s Solaris 10 Operating System in the latest (8.1) version of PlateSpin Migrate.

Sun Updates OpenSolaris

Sun announced the latest release of the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, delivering features in networking, storage and virtualization, along with significant performance enhancements and developer productivity updates.

Following Move To Acquire Sun, Oracle Buys Virtual Iron

As had been rumored for quite a while, Oracle has now agreed to acquire Virtual Iron Software.

Oracle Gets Sun xVM, Solaris Zones and Virtualbox

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When Oracle announced that it will be acquiring Sun it didn’t just impact the database market. It’s not just the question of what will happen with MySQL, OpenOffice and Java. The impact on the virtualization market is big as well.
At the moment Sun has a very confusing virtualization offering: they have different flavours, different tools [...]

IBM Walks Away From Talks Over Potential Sun Acquisition

IBM has withdrawn its $7 billion bid for Sun Microsystems today (Sunday), reports the NY Times, who confirmed the collapse of the talks based on a statement from an unnamed source while several other media, including the Wall Street Journal and ZDNet, were still speculating.

Video: Sun Open Cloud Announcement

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, or if you’ve been completely distracted by the speculation about an impending acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM, you know Sun yesterday announced its Open Cloud Platform. In the 8-minute video below, found on DataCenterKnowledge, Lew Tucker (CTO Cloud Computing & Developer Platforms at Sun) outlines some of the details.