Cisco invades virtualisation space

Cisco Systems, networking equipment maker, is introducing products that let a company's employees use software that runs from data centres, rather than only on their personal computers, says Bloomberg.

The Virtualisation Experience Infrastructure, which includes software and devices, may boost productivity since workers can tap into corporate programs from computers and smartphones outside the office, Cisco said today in a statement.

A growing number of companies are using desktop virtualisation programs to cut costs, the report states.

Renesas Electronics and Sysgo have agreed to jointly develop basic software supporting CPU virtualisation using Renesas' V850 CPU core microcontrollers and Sysgo's PikeOS hybrid OS, states EE Times Asia.

Renesas intends to develop new functions required for the efficient operation of virtualisation software enabling high-speed real-time control and improving the usability of the software development environment, incorporating these functions into MCUs with the V850 CPU core.

Sysgo, meanwhile, will port its PikeOS hybrid OS, which enables multiple OSes to run simultaneously on a single CPU, to the V850 core to provide virtualisation support.

Companies which implement server virtualisation may find that doing so can have a transformative effect on their business, writes Codestone.

This is the view of Shaul Swartz, CEO of Ontario-based Web-hosting company Netkeepers, who told the Globe and Mail that his company was able to achieve significant cost saving via virtualisation.

He stated that his organisation chose to implement server virtualisation five years ago when it began to run out of data centre space, with between 400 and 600 servers being operated by the 25-man company at that time.