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VMWare Inc. launches its cloud operating system vSphere 4
April 27, 2009 3:15 am CDT
VMWare Inc. launched an upgrade of its core virtualization software, vSphere4, a cloud operating sytem. VMware hopes that the upgrade which can transform data centers into virtual compute clouds enabling applications move fluidly across computing, network and storage resources will convince IT executives that virtualization is now reliable to run large corporate databases and other critical applications.
vSphere 4 also boasts several new features including:
- fault-tolerance capabilities
- support for thin storage provisioning
- ability to switch an application between storage systems while the application is running
- "distributed switch" developed with Cisco Systems Inc.
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