CNET News: HP Bringing Key Feature to Itanium Servers
“Hewlett-Packard plans to catch up to IBM this year in a crucial
Unix server efficiency feature–an improved ability to run multiple
operating systems on the same machine–executives said this
week.“HP servers that use Intel’s Itanium processor can be
partitioned to run multiple tasks using a hardware-based method,
but the line lacks the software-based capability of a top
competitor…”
internetnews.com: Intel: PCs Get Virtualization This Year
“Intel will add a new virtualization technology to its Pentium
family a year ahead of schedule, the company said Thursday.“Codenamed Vanderpool, the technology lets a computer or server
run multiple operating systems (Windows and Linux) and applications
on the same machine in independent partitions or
‘containers…'”