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Amazon wants to make it easy for developers to get their apps on its cloud platform, Amazon Web Services - so it has a tool for the Eclipse development environment

Microsoft SC VMM 2008 adds the ability to migrate virtual machines. Cameron Sturdevant thinks it could be a step forward for Hyper-V virtualisation

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The host profile feature of vSphere 4 is useful in streamlining host profile set up and eases diagnostics

Server virtualisation with a crisis-proof price and performance which rivals VMware

A host of improvements and additional functions takes vSphere 4.0 ahead of the competition, easing the creation of large scale virtual machine infrastructure.

It is feature-rich and easy to use - but does Apple's Xserve get the full benefit out of its Nehalem processor?

SuperMicro's workstation sports a pair of quadcore Intel Xeon (Nehalem) processors and well matched components for major performance at a price you'll like.