Linux Magazine’s Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2009

Once again — with remarkable clarity — we peer into our crystal ball and pick which companies in and around open source are going to grab your attention in 2009.

Linux Magazine Editors

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

VMware

It would be challenging to predict even more virtualization ahead without bringing VMware into the conversation. The one-to-beat in market, the company is eager to get virtualization across an enterprise, and it seems they’d virtualize the lunchroom if they could figure it out. Maybe that’s next year.

Recently, CEO Paul Maritz even noted that companies should think about virtualizing cell phones that are issued to employees, because it would allow for better monitoring and reduced cost. The company also launched VMware View 3 this year, which they say lets IT decouple a desktop from a specific location so that data, applications, and settings can be accessible from other devices. That plays well with the rise in mobile computing, which means that yes, actually, there might be a bit of virtualization going on in the lunchroom.

Hyperic

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