Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in computing today, helping organizations save money by sharing IT resources and providing the enabling platform for cloud computing. As with every new technology, however, there is always the risk of proprietary lock-in to single-vendor platforms and consequent loss of flexibility and choice for end users.
Jean Staten Healy, director of Cross-IBM Linux, will moderate a panel discussion at the Open Source Business Conference on May 17 in San Francisco, in which industry experts will address why open virtualization is key to the future, what the key challenges currently are around open standards and open source in virtualization, and how current and future technologies and initiatives can enable and promote open virtualization.