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In computing, [[virtualization]] is the use of a computer to simulate another computer. The following is a chronological list of virtualization technologies.

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The following is about [[Virtualization Development|virtualization development]]. In computing, [[virtualization]] is the use of a computer to simulate another computer. Through virtualization, a ''host'' simulates a ''guest'' by exposing virtual hardware devices, which may be done through software or by allowing access to a physical device connected to the machine.

== Timeline ==

'''Note:''' This timeline is missing data for important historical systems, including: Atlas Computer (Manchester), GE 645, Burroughs B5000.

=== 1960s ===

{{Main|IBM CP-40|CP/CMS|History of CP/CMS|IBM System/360 Model 67}}

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* July, VMware creates the first [[x86]] server virtualization product.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060827064533/http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/gsx_win_release.html]

* Egenera, Inc. launches their Processor Area Network (PAN Manager) software and BladeFrame chassis which provide hardware virtualization of processing blade's (pBlade) internal disk, network interface cards, and serial console.[http://www.egenera.com/company-overview.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714172919/http://www.egenera.com/company-overview.htm |date=July 14, 2011 }}

* The first version of [[Virtuozzo]], based on OpenVZ, is released. <ref>{{cite web |last=Hochstätter |first= Christoph H. |date=March 14, 2007 |title=Virtuozzo Company History Timeline |url=https://www.zdnet.de/39152346/virtuozzo-starke-performance-von-virtuellen-linux-servern/ |accessdate=January 7, 2023 |publisher=zdnet}}</ref>

;2003

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061104033953/http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/player_beta.html October 24, 2005] VMware releases [[VMware Player]], a free player for virtual machines.

* Sun releases [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] 10, including [[Solaris Zones]], for both x86/x64 and SPARC systems.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200220100525/https://libvirt.org/news-2005.html December 19, 2005] First release of the open-source platform virtualisation manager, [[libvirt]].

;2006

*June 15, 2006

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061004161218/http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/server.html July 12, 2006] VMware releases [[VMware Server]], a free machine-level virtualization product for the server market.

* Microsoft Virtual PC 2006 is released as a free program, also in July.

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* [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/News January 15, 2007] InnoTek releases [[VirtualBox]] Open Source Edition (OSE), the first professional PC virtualization solution released as open source under the GNU General Public License ([[GPL]]). It includes some code from the [[QEMU]] project.

* Sun releases [[Solaris Containers#Branded zones|Solaris 8 Containers]] to enable migration of a Solaris 8 computer into a Solaris Container on a Solaris 10 system – for SPARC only.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090511144617/http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/09/24/windows-server-2008-rc0-released.aspx September 24, 2007] [[Microsoft]] releases the first public build of its hypervisor, [[Hyper-V]], codenamed "Viridian".

;2008

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* The first public build of [[Kubernetes]] is released on September 8, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Release Kubernetes v0.2 |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/a0abb3815755d6a77eed2d07bb0aa7d255e4e769}}</ref> When Kubernetes debuted, it offered a number of advantages over Docker, the most popular containerization platform at the time. The purpose of Kubernetes was to make it simple for users to deploy containerized applications across a sizable cluster of container hosts. In order to offer more features and functionality for managing containerized applications at scale, Kubernetes was created to complement Docker rather than to completely replace it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Hat and Google collaborate on Kubernetes to manage Docker containers at scale |url=https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-google-collaborate-kubernetes-manage-docker-containers-scale |publisher=Red hat}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Buhr |first1=Martin |title=Everything you wanted to know about Kubernetes but were afraid to ask |url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2015/01/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-Kubernetes-but-were-afraid-to-ask.html |access-date=22 December 2022 |publisher=Google}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Virtualization Development]]

== References ==

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