To demonstrate its operating system software, Virtuozzo, at the 25th annual Gartner Datacenter Conference from December 1 in Las Vegas.

SWsoft, a server automation and virtualization software firm, today announced to demonstrate its operating system software, Virtuozzo, at the 25th annual Gartner Datacenter Conference from December 1 in Las Vegas.

Virtuozzo from SWsoft was recently cited in an industry analyst report discussing new technology for data center operating system software. The report from Gartner stated: 'By 2010, mainstream virtualization technology will embrace I/O virtualization, breaking the traditional bonds between physical servers, network switches and storage area network (SAN) switches; by 2010, shared operating system (OS) virtualization will become mainstream'.

SWsoft Virtuozzo is one example of operating system level server virtualization technology cited in the report, which can be accessed from the SWsoft website swsoft.com. With Virtuozzo, a single Linux or Windows OS instance can be partitioned into multiple, virtual environments. The Virtuozzo architecture enables each virtual environment to scale up to the resources of the physical server and maintain performance at levels consistent with a native server.

Unlike virtual machines and hypervisors, OS-level virtualization addresses the challenge faced by today's datacenters of operating systems sprawl. Virtuozzo provides efficiency and manageability that result in the lowest total cost-of-ownership and fastest ROI for customers, says the company.