Technorati Tags: AMD. Intel,Processors,Virtualization,VMware,Parallels,SEC,IPO,India developments Today's Test Center Tracker starts from the heart of computing to end up with a mention of IPOs and SEC reports connecting those two extremes in a single jump. Please read on. More powerful machines or more machines? For the not so young among us this question will bring to memory an old debate bet Technorati Tags: AMD. Intel,Processors,Virtualization,VMware,Parallels,SEC,IPO,India developmentsToday’s Test Center Tracker starts from the heart of computing to end up with a mention of IPOs and SEC reports connecting those two extremes in a single jump. Please read on.More powerful machines or more machines? For the not so young among us this question will bring to memory an old debate between mainframes and minicomputers, or between minicomputers and open systems. Well in today’s “Ahead of the curve” Tom Yager is proposing the modern day version of that dilemma that compares two competing architectures from AMD and Intel. Read it all here. Do you need more “V”? “V” as in Virtualization, server virtualization to be precise. If you do, don’t miss this early peek of Parallels Server a new product still in beta that challenges the big names of virtualization as a hosted or self standing solution. In his eval Randall Kennedy finds some promising new features that should make Parallels Servers more competitive and more desirable.Your IPO dollars at work Speaking of big names of virtualization, VMware has plans to invest $100 million in India David Marshall is reporting , and to increase the number of employees in that area to 1,000 units, or about 20 percent of the total workforce declared in the last SEC 10-K report. Do I see anything wrong with that? No, I am glad for my Indian friends, but I’ll follow other investments of the company with much interest. Meanwhile, join me in reading David’s report. Technology Industry