The Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), has been formed by IBM, Red Hat, SUSE, Intel, BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, and HP.
"IBM has a rich history of innovation in the open source community and has been a leader in virtualization technology for more than 40 years," states Inna Kuznetsova, vice president, IBM Systems & Technology Group. "With the formation of this alliance, we are taking an important step forward with other industry leaders to ensure that businesses have an open virtualization alternative."
The consortium will encourage interoperability and accelerate the expansion of the ecosystem of third-party solutions around KVM, providing businesses with improved choice, performance and price for virtualization.
The Open Virtualization Alliance will also provide education, best practices and technical advice to help businesses understand and evaluate their virtualization options. The consortium complements the existing open source communities managing the development of the KVM hypervisor and associated management capabilities, which are rapidly driving technology innovations for customers virtualizing both Linux and Windows applications.
For more information about the Open Virtualization Alliance, go to www.openvirtualizationalliance.org.