Red Hat and Microsoft ink virtualisation support deal.

(From vnunet)

Red Hat and Microsoft have agreed to build better interoperability between their respective virtualisation platforms, and to provide co-ordinated technical support for customers.

The move is likely to prove beneficial for enterprises operating a mixture of Windows and Linux systems in the datacentre.

Under the terms of the agreement, Red Hat will validate Windows guests to be supported on Red Hat Enterprise Server, while Microsoft will likewise validate Red Hat Enterprise Linux guests to be supported on Windows Server platforms with the company's Hyper-V technology.

Furthermore, once validation is completed, customers with …