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| Virtualization Capabilities for Itanium-Based Systems Expand with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 The Itanium Solutions Alliance, in collaboration with Red Hat, has announced that in the upcoming release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.1, integrated software virtualization using Xen will be supported and optimized for Itanium 2-based systems. This release broadens Itanium-based solutions in the marketplace. The reliability, availability, serviceability and security features of the Intel Itanium processor allow users to confidently deploy industry-standard software virtualization, enhancing customers' ability to consolidate multiple applications on Itanium-based systems. The collaboration with charter member Red Hat comes as the Itanium Solutions Alliance reaches its two year anniversary. Since its inception in 2005, the Itanium Solutions Alliance has grown in membership to more than 200 companies and application availability for Itanium-based systems has surpassed 12,000. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.1 for Itanium systems are scheduled for availability in Q4CY07. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |