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• NSW Electoral Commission goes Hyper-V over VMware

  The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) has selected Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platform over the more mature VMware for its server consolidation project.

• VMware pulls trigger on vSphere 'cloud OS'

  After eight months of hype VMware has finally delivered the update to its core virtualization platform, announcing Thursday that vSphere 4 is generally available worldwide.

• Google, VMware argue over private clouds

  Google and VMware are clashing over private clouds, and the question of whether customers benefit more from building highly virtualized data centers inside their own firewalls or from outsourcing IT needs to public cloud providers such as Google and Amazon.

• OzHosting.com goes virtual for re-launch

  Hosting provider OzHosting.com has re-launched itself to focus on the consumer and SME markets, but not before it rebuilt its infrastructure around virtualization.

• Microsoft infrastructure stack takes to the clouds

  Six months after launching its Azure cloud OS, Microsoft is using the same cloud terminology to describe its stack of data center infrastructure software.

• Application support, licensing still dog vm deployments

  According to its proponents, virtualization has taken the world by storm, but for end-users requiring application support, migrating services from physical to virtual machines is not so easy.

• VMware, ISVs Square Off on Fault Tolerance

  Among the consequences of VMware's battery of vSphere 4 announcements Tuesday about its new virtualization infrastructure and add-on components, third-party software vendors specializing in fault-tolerance and high-availability are feeling new pressure now that VMware has added basic versions of those functions to its core product.<br/>

• VMware says revenue may decline for the first time

  VMware reported a first-quarter profit on Wednesday, but said sales are being hit by the recession and it might report its first-ever drop in revenue next quarter.

• VMware vows to overhaul data center with 'cloud OS'

  VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long awaited overhaul of its core virtualization platform which is designed to aggregate the virtual resources in the data center into one centrally managed computing pool.

• VMware's version of flexibility lacks Microsoft Hyper-V

  VMware promises new levels of flexibility in the data center with vSphere, its cloud operating system, but is still promoting vendor lock-in by refusing to support competing virtualization products.

• Virtualization is 'the new mainframe,' VMware says

  VMware launched an upgrade to its core software platform on Tuesday with the message that virtualization is ready to run any class of enterprise application, no matter how large.

• ABS private cloud may host eCensus

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics has virtualized its server infrastructure to form its own private cloud with the potential to host the 2016 eCensus thus avoiding a $9 million outsourcing contract.

• VMware Updates Story on VDC-OS and Private Cloud

  VMware is widely expected to announce the next step in its road to its previously announced Virtual Data Center operating system in a webinar on Tuesday, April 21st.<br/>

• VMware bug allows Windows hack to attack Macs

  A bug in VMware's Fusion virtualization software could be used to run malicious code on a Mac by exploiting Windows in a virtual machine, a security researcher said Wednesday.<br/>

• VMware to debut new hypervisor April 21

  VMware on April 21 will release highly anticipated vSphere software, the next generation of its flagship virtualization engine, according to VMware business partner Unisys.