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Following years of intense development, Mantissa has released the second beta of z86VM, a system which permits you to create "virtual x86 machines" for use as servers or desktop systems in minutes.
Existing IBM zEnterprise server customers already have the capacity for hundreds or thousands of these virtual x86 machines. They can try a free version of the z86VM beta software to explore possibilities for massive consolidation of PC servers and deployment of virtual desktop infrastructure. The original beta shipped with Damn Small Linux (DSL). This beta will ship with Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Linux. SME Server (formerly known as e- smith) is a CentOS Linux distribution specifically optimized and configured for use as web, file, email and database servers. It employs a comprehensive browser UI for all management-related tasks.
z86VM
Mantissa's z86VM provides a 32 bit virtual x86 environment which cannot be distinguished by software from real x86 hardware. That means operating systems like Linux for x86 or Windows will run without alteration...