Day: May 11, 2007

Microsoft is teaming up with peripherals manufacturer SanDisk in an effort to develop smart USB devices that will allow users to carry their complete personal computing environment on a device as small as a thumb drive, Microsoft announced Friday.Under the plan, Microsoft will develop software that will let users store their applications and data on small, Flash memory-based devices that connect to their computers’ Universal Serial Bus. SanDisk will design and manufacture compatible hardware.The first products from the collaboration will be available in mid-2008, Microsoft said.

Microsoft, SanDisk Venture Promises Apps On A Thumb Drive — Windows USB — InformationWeek

Using a specially equipped Knoppix Linux 5.5.1 bootable CD, companies looking to see how server virtualization might fit into their IT plans can now run OpenVZ virtualization software instead of having to install and configure the full program.The test drive using Knoppix, which runs an entire Linux distribution from a CD, is a first for OpenVZ, said Kir Kolyshkin, manager of the OpenVZ open-source project.The OpenVZ/Knoppix CD software, now available for free download, provides a complete version of the software for testing and evaluation, Kolyshkin said. "It’s just another way to try OpenVZ."

Knoppix offers OpenVZ virtualization test drive

Sounds lika a great idea to get your feet wet in virtualization world.