IBM has certified its DB2 database software for use on SWsoft's Virtuozzo virtualization software, SWsoft plans to announce Monday. Virtuozzo has passed IBM's test and validation process, the company said.
Virtuozzo lets a single copy of Linux or Windows be subdivided so it appears to be several independent instances. The approach offers memory and performance advantages compared with virtualization methods employed by VMware, Xen and Microsoft, but it also means multiple applications rely on a single instance of the operating system.
Google creates an animated doodle that features a boy, a girl, Google's search engine, and a jump rope. But might there be darker, more analytical, more troubling interpretations to this tale?
The Silicon Valley online payments startup grew by 1,000 percent last year and is hopeful it can repeat that level of growth this year. To do that, it's had to move away from its early friends-and-family roots and embrace small businesses.
Chamtech's spray-on antenna uses a nano material to provide a low-power boost to antenna range. The wireless-in-a-can product may some day bring an end to unsightly cell towers.
EnerG2 opens a plant to make an engineered carbon that will improve performance of energy storage devices and make storage for start-stop hybrid cars less expensive.
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