Sun Microsystems launched Sun VirtualBox 2.2, the latest version of its free, open source virtualization software.
Virtual Box 2.2 offers support for the new Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard as well as a number of performance enhancements and updates.
OVF is a Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) standard that allows virtual machines or appliances to be imported or exported.
Using VirtualBox 2.2, users can build virtual machine or appliances and export them from a development environment and import them into a production environment.
“VirtualBox has always been a fantastic tool for developers to create multiple virtual machines, network them together and deploy them using nearly any operating system. Now, with the new import and export features of the VirtualBox 2.2 release, users can quickly and easily put their development environments into production,” said Jim McHugh, vice president Datacenter Software marketing at Sun.
Sun says that its VirtualBox software has been gaining popularity, surpassing 11 million downloads worldwide.
For downloads, please visit http://www.sun.com/software/products/virtualbox/get.jsp
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