Virtual Box 3.0 released; Reddit fans are excited!

Look at it yourself.
and here are the features

This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:
* Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see chapter 3.7.2.2 of the user manual)
* Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications [...]

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g is here

The better alternative, he suggested, is a pre-fabricated environment based on open standards, which can be patched and upgraded together with upgrades offered up and down the entire stack. Instead of requiring administrators to cobble together enterprise IT architecture by improvisation, Oracle intends to offer a pre-fabricated systems in its stead that will include, within [...]

Oracle’s InterCloud Initiative: Oracle VM 2.1.5 released with Web Services API

From Oracle’s virtualization blog
We are pleased to announce the availability of Oracle VM 2.1.5, bringing customers and partners the benefits of better interoperability with the new Oracle VM Manager Web Services API.
In addition, the latest Oracle VM 2.1.5 release has integrated accumulated bug fixes, security update, and enhanced hardware drivers to help customers confidently deploy [...]

Oracle beats expectations; books strong financial earnings

The company was also pleased with its non-GAAP results, which discount certain nonrecurring costs.
“We executed substantially better than we expected on both the top and bottom line for the quarter,” Oracle CFO Jeff Epstein said in a statement. “We grew Q4 non-GAAP operating margins by a faster than expected 240 basis points to over 51 [...]

Oracle/Sun releases Virtual Box 3 beta with cool gaming level graphics!

Well it has loads of stuff that will make you wonder someday: “Why didn’t we invest in Virtual Box’s OVF strategy to deploy our Cloud desktop/instances?”
Version 3.0 will be a major update. The following major new features were added:

Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only)
Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D [...]

War Child and my Virtualization/Cloud Computing book: Help me get that kid out of war!

Dear All,
My book ( http://www.packtpub.com/oracle-vm-manager-2-1-2/book ) on Virtualization (which also discusses on building and managing Elastic [...]

Oracle’s play at JavaOne: Build office suite from OpenOffice using JavaFX

I told many of my analyst buddies to wait a few weeks before making any of the WTF statements on:
“Why did Oracle grab Sun?”
“Why did Oracle go for Virtual Iron?”
“Why will Oracle go for Quest/VMlogix?”*
* Speculative Forecast
Java’s acquisition and quick big-daddy forward-looking announcement say one thing for sure:
Larry knows, like all of us in the [...]

Oracle Chief Ellison suggests Oracle netbooks are underway?

This is what you get when you piss big software houses. Now Larry, irrespective of what Oracle will eventually deliver, has Sun a silicon valley darling with new-found love and loads of goodies under his hood, to make any statement that can throw competitors off-guard.
That could mean a lot of things to lot of people. [...]

Cool Application-aware storage vendor Pillar Data supports Citrix XenServer environments

Yep, Oracle Chief’s venture Tako Ventures’ baby Pillar Data Systems is now all ready for Citrix XenServer.
Pillar’s CEO explains what an Application-Aware Storage subsystem is:

SAN JOSE, Calif., – June 2, 2009 – Pillar Data Systems, the leading provider of Application-Aware storage systems, announced the availability of new Citrix XenServer™ storage profiles for the Pillar Axiom, [...]

Pillar Data - A storage company backed by Oracle

Oracle has its own hardware ventures, notably the database machine developed in partnership with HP. And now it is buying Sun, which has its own significant storage offering.
So where does Pillar fit into Larry Ellison’s scheme of things? Come the end of the recession, he can make a decent return on his investment by getting [...]