[Macpartners] VMware Licensed for Use at MIT

[Jonathan McIndoe Hunt]

Good afternoon,

Information Services and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce that an
agreement has been signed with VMware Inc. to license its virtualization
software for use at MIT. The agreement covers VMware Lab Manager, VMware
Infrastructure Enterprise, and VMware desktop products.

Virtualization software enables the creation of multiple independent
operating systems ("virtual machines") running simultaneously on a single
machine. Through virtualization, professors can deliver specialized software
to students in a course, or individuals can run a second operating system on
their computers. Virtualization software can also be used in data centers
for server consolidation and effective management of IT resources.
 
The VMware desktop products (Fusion for Macintosh and Workstation for
Windows/Linux) are available to early adopters for download at:

	http://web.mit.edu/vmware.

These products can be installed and used by all MIT faculty, staff, and
students on MIT and personally owned computers for MIT purposes. If you are
interested in VMware Infrastructure Enterprise and Lab Manager, please send
your requests to ist-vmware at mit.edu.
 
A release project will be kicked off shortly to explore options for
supporting virtualization at MIT, with the goal of announcing a support plan
in the first quarter of FY09. 

IS&T recommends that only early adopters, who are able to support themselves
and their users, download and use VMware Workstation or Fusion at this time.

Thanks,
Jon

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Jonathan McIndoe Hunt     MIT EECS '97 617.253.0172
Senior Manager Software Services
Client Support Services
Information Services & Technology, MIT
http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/software/