Sun Acquires innotek, VirtualBox Desktop Virtualization To Extend The Sun xVM platform
Sun Microsystems has just announced , in a surprising move, the acquisition of German desktop virtualization technology provider innotek , makers of the well-known VirtualBox family.
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is one of the only professional-quality virtualization solutions built on Open Source technology.
"By enabling developers to more efficiently build, test and run applications on multiple platforms, VirtualBox will extend the Sun xVM platform onto the desktop and strengthen Sun's leadership in the virtualization market." "VirtualBox provides Sun with the perfect complement to our recently announced Sun xVM Server product," said Rich Green, executive vice president, Sun Software. "Where Sun xVM Server is designed to enable dynamic IT at the heart of the datacenter, VirtualBox is ideal for any laptop or desktop environment and will align perfectly with Sun's other developer focused assets such as GlassFish, OpenSolaris, OpenJDK and soon MySQL as well as a wide range of community open source projects, enabling developers to quickly develop, test and deploy the next generation of applications."The acquisition is also another sign EMEA is marking its territory in virtualization land.
Tags: desktop virtualization, innotek, innotek VirtualBox, open source, sun, sun microsystems, Sun xVM, VirtualBox, virtualisation, virtualization, x86 hardware
March 26th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
[...] management and less than four months later they announced their ‘marriage’ (Sun acquired innotek for an undisclosed amount in February 2007). As VirtualBox was already running on a multitude of Operating Systems such as Windows, Linux and [...]
April 1st, 2008 at 1:06 am
[...] the entire virtualization industry. Both companies had been on a buying spree the past few months: Sun picked up innotek / VirtualBox, while Parallels recently acknowledged its January acquisition of ModernGigabyte. The acquisition [...]
May 5th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
[...] didn’t hesitate all too long to start fiddling around with VirtualBox after their acquisition of its maker innotek about 3 months ago. The company has just released version 1.6.0, and its [...]
May 29th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
[...] that Sun xVM VirtualBox, the free and open source desktop virtualization software it acquired by taking over its maker innotek earlier this year, has surpassed five million downloads in just 18 [...]
August 12th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
[...] xVM VirtualBox software, which it acquired through its maker innotek earlier this year, is a key component of Sun’s broader xVM virtualization and management software portfolio, [...]