VMware and Left Hand Networks are showing off Virtualization Solution Kits (VSK), a joint offering that promises to bring together the best of virtualization to SMBs and beyond, at VMWorld Europe in Cannes, France. “I installed in my lab the nuts and bolts of the kit,” Mario Apicella writes in Virtualizing the whole shebang. “This is one of those rare instances where an otherwise costly and untamed collection of software gets morphed into a suitable solution.” The thought of blending two virtualization products, quite naturally, can be downright daunting. That’s particularly true when, even though they’re packaged together for convenience, they remain separate administrative domains. “Properly configured, however, each solution lends some of its strength to the other,” Apicella writes. Software Development