It looks like Ubuntu has made their JeOS (Just Enough OS) version available for download as a 151MB ISO image. JeOS is based on Ubuntu 7.10. There doesn’t seem to be much other information available beyond their original press release.
JeOS was announced a few months ago, but had been vapor up to this point. It’s […]
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Disclaimer for anyone who doesn’t know, I’m the CEO of JumpBox.
After a quiet couple months, things are really cracking now with JumpBox. We had some great stuff queued up that took a lot longer to get out than I expected. The funny thing is that the product was ready, but it took a while to […]
I’m curious to know whether people find Open Source or commercial software based virtual appliances more interesting so that’s the topic for the latest poll. Click here to provide your input.
This was a really long running poll, but an interesting one. The question was “What do you see as the biggest barrier to adoption for virtual appliances?” Here are the results.
Performance concerns 24% - This isn’t too surprising to me, I seem to constantly hear about how virtualization doesn’t perform well enough for production use. […]
From SearchServerVirtualization, Virtual appliances spawn new class of Linux distros”
As virtualization continues to permeate IT shops, many independent software vendors (ISVs) are distributing software as Linux virtual appliances: preconfigured virtual machines that include the application’s entire stack, including the operating system (OS). But industry experts say that end users should research and understand the design […]
Citrix, the recent acquirer of XenSource, has now announced the roll out of evaluation virtual appliances for Citrix Presentation Server.
The new Citrix Evaluation Virtual Appliance (EVA) is a preconfigured, ready-to-go, virtual machine system for evaluating Presentation Server Enterprise 4.5 and Platinum Edition 4.5. The EVA enables you to download a completely configured Presentation Server […]
Raritan has announced a new virtual appliance for their CommandCenter NOC product. This is another hardware appliance being converted into a virtual appliance although it appears they’ll support the production deployment of the virtual appliance.
SOMERSET, N.J., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Raritan today announced that its network and systems monitoring appliance has gone virtual. Designed for […]
Levanta has released a virtual appliance for evaluation of their Linux Management system. Levanta is a hardware appliance company who’s now dabbling in the virtual appliance space. This first release looks to be just an evaluation version that is then up-sold to a hardware appliance for production deployment.
Download Levanta’s Intrepid VM, and see how Levanta’s […]
During a speech this week at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, VMWare co-founder Mendel Rosenblum was quoted saying:
Asked if he thinks the virtual appliance model is a threat to OS vendors, principally Microsoft, Rosenblum said, “If I were in their shoes … I think the answer is yes.”
This idea is a little fuzzy, because virtual […]
It’s been pretty quiet around here lately and that’s because I’ve been really occupied with my company and getting our production release out. So today we’re announcing the production release of the JumpBox Virtual Appliance Platform 1.0 and a suite of updated virtual appliances. The pitch I’ve been playing with for these things is that […]
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