RED HAT STRENGTHENS VIRTUALIZATION POSITION

By M.S.Welles

Red Hat, long a leader in the Linux operating system, recently strengthened its position in the virtualization field by entering the virtualization management field selling software for IT shops virtualization servers using the KVM hypervisor built into Linux.

By offering the centralized management system for KVM virtual machines, Red Hat, which already manages machines that use Microsoft's Hyper-V adds to its virtualization portfolio and strengthens its position in the market.

According to Red Hat management, by using Red Hat products, virtualization can be achieved for one-third or less of the price offered by the market leaders Citrix, Microsoft and VMware.

With no up front license, the cost for Red Hat is only $499 per year, per socket.