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| Red Hat to Build Virtual Appliance OS for Intel vPro-based Desktops Red Hat has announced a joint program with Intel to deliver a Red Hat-branded software platform that supports desktop PCs with Intel vPro Processor technology. This collaboration will bring the power of hardware-assisted virtualization to business desktop computing. For customers the compelling benefits include reduced management costs, improved operational efficiency and dramatically reduced exposure to security threats – regardless of the client operating system. Using a PC with Intel vPro Processor technology, IT will be able to deploy appliances in a virtual machine that bring enterprise-class management and security to the PC. The Appliance OS from Red Hat will support pluggable Virtual Appliances, available through ISVs, to deliver end-to-end manageability. Virtual Appliances can be used to enable functions such as network security, provisioning, monitoring and asset management, regardless of the state of the desktop OS. In collaboration with Intel, Red Hat plans to develop, productize and support the necessary software components, including the hypervisor, the Service OS and Software Development Kit. PCs with Intel vPro Processor technology and Red Hat's Virtual Appliance OS will host business applications in an isolated, secure and manageable manner. End users, IT departments, OEMs and ISVs will all benefit from the robust solutions that will be created based on these core technologies. Active development on the project is underway today, with Beta software expected later this year and general release planned for 2008. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |