The virtualization pioneer VMware announced plans to to launch a line of new products in 20o9 in an effort to fight slowdown of IT spending. the company that reported growth in 4th quarter of 2008 of 25% also said that its expectations for the first-quarter on 2009 are much weaker. VMware is planning major upgrades around server virtualization and cloud computing. The company is about to launch a “major update” of server virtualization products. It will be also unveiling new management and automation products, enhancements to its desktop virtualization offerings, as well as a significant...

The VMware’s CTO Steve Herrod said in Q&A with SYS-CON’s Jeremy Geelan that “it is absolutely clear that virtualization is here to stay”. “In the future, we’ll look back at the non-virtualized compute models as we look back on the phonograph or on bulky CRTs. I believe we’re far from realizing the full benefits that virtualization can bring to datacenters, desktops, laptops, and mobile phones”, told Herrod SYS-Con’s journalist. “We have 3 major initiatives at VMware”, says Steve Herrod and particularizes: Virtual Datacenter...