VMware Updates Desktop Virtualization Software

VMware on Monday released the next major version of its desktop virtualization software, which emphasizes making application developers and testers more productive.

VMware Workstation 5, which allows users to build a library of virtual machines for Windows, Linux, Netware and Solaris x86 that mimic production environments, was designed to provide greater flexibility to the growing number of enterprises developing and testing multitiered, browser-based applications.

The new Teams feature, for example, "allows you to set up multiple virtual machines—developer class—and connect them together so you have an entire multitiered configuration running on one physical machine," said Srinivas Krishnamurti, senior product manager at Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware Inc.

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