Big vendors look to challenge VMware with open source

	Citrix overhauls virtual desktop products for 'personal cloud' | Bluestacks runs Android apps on a PC
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	Big vendors look to challenge VMware with open source Several big IT vendors, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, BMC Software, Intel ,and Red Hat, are banding together to promote an open-source virtualization platform as an alternative to VMware. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Quest Data Protection Magic? Nope – It's vRanger vRanger simplifies data backup and recovery for your virtual environment. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Put vRanger in your bag of tricks with a free trial download. In this Issue Citrix overhauls virtual desktop products for 'personal cloud' Bluestacks runs Android apps on a PC Rackspace offers hosted virtual desktops from Citrix RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue Citrix overhauls virtual desktop products for 'personal cloud' The company says it's providing better software to deliver applications and data, and more sophisticated data centers and networking tools to connect people to their personal clouds. Read More Bluestacks runs Android apps on a PC The company has developed its own virtualization technology that runs a full version of the Android OS on X86 machines running Windows. This will help users manage the Android apps the same as Windows apps. Read More Rackspace offers hosted virtual desktops from Citrix Typically, enterprises host virtual desktops in their own data centers. But now, enterprises will be able to run virtual desktops for employees using Rackspace's dedicated or public cloud services. Read More
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