VMware Community Source

VMware's new Community Source initiative gives partners access to the ESX Server source code under a royalty-free license. Community Source partners can gain key technical insights to help them optimize their existing products and introduce new solutions for virtualized environments.

The joint-partner effort will build greater industry collaboration, accelerate virtualization technology and create a standardized product base. Read more.

Performance Tip
Timekeeping in VMware Virtual Machines

Because virtual machines work by time-sharing host physical hardware, a virtual machine cannot exactly duplicate the timing behavior of a physical machine. Visit the VMware Technology Network (VMTN) and learn the steps you can take to improve timekeeping in virtual machines.

Trade Shows

Visit VMware at OracleWorld
September 17-22
San Francisco, California
Booth #2744

Upgrade from Workstation 5 to VMTN Subscription
Offer Expires September 15th

For a limited time, VMware is offering Workstation 5 customers the opportunity to upgrade to VMTN Subscription and receive a full rebate for their Workstation 5 upgrade or license.

VMTN Subscription includes VMware Workstation, GSX Server, ESX Server Developer Edition and P2V Assistant for development and testing purposes. The subscription gives developers and testers an enterprise-proven virtualization platform—combined with product updates, upgrades and support—for only $299 per year.

This upgrade offer expires on September 15th, 2005, so act now. Learn more about VMTN Subscription or this rebate offer.

Don't Miss VMworld 2005

Top technology experts, IT professionals, developers and senior executives are all heading to Las Vegas for VMworld 2005. Don't miss your chance to join them for the virtualization event of the year. Taking place October 18-20, this year's conference will feature more than one hundred breakout sessions, plenty of hands-on labs and a blowout party.

Whether you're a virtual infrastructure expert or just want to learn the basics of virtualization, VMworld 2005 is perfect for you. Register today. We look forward to seeing you in Vegas!

Customer Snapshot:
Monster.com
Test, Development & Production

Challenge
Monster.com needed to scale back and streamline its bloated QA environment in order to test, develop and provide the tools and services that its customers rely upon.

Results
• Saved $275,000 in hardware costs
• Retired 75 under-utilized servers
• Decreased provisioning time from days to hours

How
• ESX Server, VirtualCenter and VMotion on 2- and 40-CPU HP DL 585s
• GSX Server on 2-CPU Dell PowerEdge 1650 and 2650, 4 GB RAM
• Host OS: Windows 2003 Server; guest OS: Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, Red Hat Linux, Windows NT
• Applications in virtual machines include: Web servers, Citrix servers, domain controllers, chat servers, email gateway servers, deployment/compilation servers, administrative servers

Consolidate and Contain Your Data Center

Attend a VMware virtualization seminar and discover how VMware software can help you to consolidate your data center and contain server sprawl. Software developers, quality engineers, IT team leaders and department managers—you will leave this seminar with a practical plan to virtualize your data center.

At the seminar you can
expect to:

• Learn how to add virtualization to your data center for instant ROI
• Hear your peers describe their experiences
• Participate in a step-by-step consolidation planning exercise with our expert onsite consulting team

Register now.