Open-source virtualization — tiny but growing Despite its fans, the overall market for open-source virtualization is very small indeed, though it is expected to grow.

Telecom and networking powers are uniting under The Linux Foundation to create an open source Network Function Virtualization reference platform.

Citrix's Peter Levine discusses the company's Windows and open source virtualization strategies, as well as coopetition with Microsoft. The next few years should be interesting times for Peter Levine, ...

With open-source OSes such as Linux, this approach is particularly appropriate, as the source to the kernel and board support packages are available, and the performance gains of paravirtulization can ...

Seven need-to-know points when looking at open source virtualization technology. Virtualization is a hot data center technology that is capturing the attention of IT for its consolidation and cost ...

Open source is being subsumed into the clouds. Virtualization is paving the way and Red Hat thinks they can put up a fight against VMware.

With virtualization now a mainstream technology for most large businesses, the big players are investing heavily in proprietary tools. But don't forget these open source options.

In this battle for virtualization mind share, it's apparently not enough to make things open source. Winning allies within the open source movement is also important.

In my most recent post, I wrote about the impact open source software will have on the proprietary software industry.

The years-long friction between the open source camp and cloud computing platforms still lingers, a recent report reveals.

Citrix's Peter Levine discusses the company's Windows and open source virtualization strategies, as well as coopetition with Microsoft.