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Verify that software vendors and IT organizations will benefit from Intel® Virtualization Technology and are likely to adopt the technology. A key goal of Intel Virtualization Technology is to make VMM software independent of OS software. This will free VMM vendors from the resource-intensive task of adapting their code in response to OS patches and upgrades. It will also make it easier for existing solutions to take advantage of the latest platform capabilities, with less need for VMM development and tuning. Other benefits include reduced cost and risk for IT organizations and enhanced security.
Consider the vibrant and growing set of virtualization solutions taking advantage of Intel Virtualization Technology.
VMware is collaborating* on optimization of VMware server and desktop products for Intel Virtualization Technology. Intel has a history of working with VMware on virtualization solutions. Intel and VMware are collaborating on several market acceleration and education initiatives, including educating and bringing the value of virtualization directly to IT managers through direct engagements and targeted materials. To help educate the market and drive virtualization ubiquity, the companies are also investing in the development of a comprehensive virtualization starter kit containing fully featured products and the supporting resources required for new customers to start using virtualization.
Microsoft is building* virtualization capabilities into the Windows* platform via Windows hypervisor technology. Microsoft says this technology will be available in the next product wave of the Windows operating system, code-named Windows Longhorn; Hypervisor is a technology that will be integrated into the Windows operating system, providing customers with a high-performance virtualization solution for Windows and heterogeneous environments. Microsoft Windows hypervisor technology will support enhanced hardware technologies, such as Intel Virtualization Technology. Intel Virtualization Technology is also supported on the Windows platform with Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1.
XenSource has incorporated* certain technology contributions from Intel into release 3.0 of the Xen hypervisor; an open source virtualization application that allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on the same physical server. Intel contributes code to the Xen project to enable support for Intel Virtualization Technology. Intel supports the development of Xen since its origins as a University research project at Cambridge, and the company continues to fund research and ongoing development of Xen.
Software Developer FAQ: Intel® Virtualization Technology
Intel and VMware Expand Collaboration to Accelerate Adoption of Virtualization
