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SAP AG will be integrating Right Hemisphere’s 2D and 3D visualization technology into its SAP PLM Solution. Right Hemisphere’s visualization technology will serve as the standard for viewing, collaborating and publishing graphical product data for SAP’s next generation of enterprise applications. The next release of SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM), the shipping for which is scheduled to commence later this year, will be the first SAP application to take advantage of Right Hemisphere’s 3D technology. This technology integration will also allow SAP users to seamlessly incorporate additional Right Hemisphere client and enterprise software products into their IT infrastructure for state-of-the-art 2D and 3D product graphics authoring, management and publishing capabilities.
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Symantec Corp. has introduced Veritas Virtual Infrastructure, the first solution to offer advanced storage capabilities for virtual server environments that effectively manage storage in large scale, x86 production environments. The solution is expected to be available in the fall of 2008 and combines new, advanced storage management capabilities from Veritas Storage Foundation with the flexible, high-performance Citrix XenServer virtualization technology from Citrix Systems. Veritas Virtual Infrastructure will allow users to fully benefit from server virtualization while preserving current best practices in storage management from the physical environment and leveraging new opportunities provided by virtualized environments.
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Real-Time Systems GmbH has launched the latest version of its Real-Time Hypervisor software that enables the simultaneous running of multiple operating systems on multi-core processors, and also supports Microsoft Windows XP! Conventional virtualization solutions (‘hypervisors’) are generally implemented by interposing an additional software layer between an operating system and the CPU core that it uses. Unfortunately, this kind of solution often influences the deterministic behavior of the real-time system. In contrast to that, the RTS Real-time Hypervisor makes it possible to run – simultaneously, independently and robustly – a number of standard operating systems on a single x-86 multi-core execution platform. Moreover, RTS software technology does not in the least interfere with any of the supported operating systems’ timing behavior.
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Citrix Systems has announced Project Kensho, a set of tools that will allow virtual environments to be more independent of hypervisors. The tools allow portable application workloads to be created and run across Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX based virtual environments. This will solve a multitude of issues with interoperability between different platforms, while allowing automated provisioning of applications, rather than just virtual machines, according to Citrix.
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TheInfoPro (TIP), an independent research network and leading supplier of market intelligence for the Information Technology (IT) industry, has announced that VMware continues to be the lead virtualization provider throughout the remainder of 2008. In addition, approximately 50% of VMware customers have indicated that switching to a different vendor will be tough due to the time and money, apart from tools and training, which have already been invested in the VMware product.
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