Red Hat releases first KVM support with RHEL 5.4

From InfoWorld: Red Hat for the first time included KVM hypervisor technology in a release of its Enterprise Linux operating system, kicking off the vendor's plans to earn a significant role in the virtualization market.

"We intend to invest heavily in this area," said Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, which was made available Wednesday, is the foundation for a larger strategy that not only encompasses virtualization but cloud computing as well.

Before the end of this year, Red Hat also intends to add to the mix a stand-alone hypervisor also based on kernel-based virtual machine (KVM), as well as a set of management tools for the desktop and server called Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manger.

Those management tools are based on technology Red Hat acquired when it bought Qumranet one year ago.

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