Microsoft released the latest version of its free standalone server virtualization solution on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 31, 2009
Microsoft got it right with Windows 7, according to Michael Cherry, vice president of research on operating systems for Directions on Microsoft.
- By Herb Torrens
- August 31, 2009
The fifth annual VMworld user conference gets under way this week in San Francisco with a flurry of product announcements, a packed schedule and a bit of controversy.
- By John K. Waters
- August 30, 2009
Microsoft on Monday announced the availability System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 evaluation version.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 24, 2009
On Friday, Microsoft made the new R2 version of its Windows Server 2008 server operating system available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
- By Becky Nagel
- August 17, 2009
Microsoft's Brad Anderson on Tuesday talked about the company's management product strategies, while downplaying those of VMware, at investment banker-sponsored event.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 11, 2009
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have simultaneously booted 1 million Linux kernels, all of which ran as virtual machines on the labs' Thunderbird supercomputer.
- By Joab Jackson
- August 05, 2009
Microsoft has released a beta version of its App-V 4.6 application virtualization technology.
- By John K. Waters
- August 04, 2009
The release candidate (RC) version of Windows XP Mode is now available, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 04, 2009
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the promotion of Brad Anderson, an executive who helped foster various server management products in the Microsoft System Center product line.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 29, 2009
Microsoft has taken the once unthinkable step of contributing 20,000 lines of code to the Linux community, allowing any commercial or community distribution of Linux to run as a virtual machine on top of Hyper-V.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 21, 2009
Microsoft on Tuesday announced Volume Licensing program changes that supposedly simplify matters for IT shops, as well as hosting providers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2009
A Symantec survey reveals the "rising [disaster recovery] pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service-level requirements to mitigate risk to the business."
- By Jim Powell
- June 30, 2009
The downturn in the economy is affecting the role and spending strategies of IT organizations, according to a Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 23, 2009
Microsoft has clarified its downgrade rights policies for Windows 7 purchasers when that operating system becomes generally available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 18, 2009
Microsoft executive Bill Koefoed answered some questions about the software giant's business prospects on Wednesday at an investment firm-sponsored technology conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2009
The release candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available for public testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2009
Web hosting specialist and Microsoft shop MaximumASP went looking for a virtualization solution. After evaluating the field, the Gold Certified Partner ended up sticking with Microsoft for a new virtual hosting business.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- June 01, 2009
First Look: Book by Gold Certified Partner provides a good starting point for building a virtualization practice.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2009
Company plans to roll out iTunes-like interface where end users can access corporate applications.
- By Lee Pender
- June 01, 2009