As a follow-up to a demo at TechEd, Microsoft Principal Program Manager Jeff Woolsey showed attendees at WPC just how much the latest release of Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor can speed up live migrations.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 25, 2013
Service providers will now be able to use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud as part of their service offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 16, 2013
The next version of the Dell Wyse WSM desktop and application virtualization software will become available on July 22 via Dell's channel partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2013
Microsoft detailed the new Hyper-V improvements to come with Windows Server 2012 R2 during a presentation at last week's TechEd event.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2013
Press accounts suggest Microsoft is readying a Windows desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) project, rumored to go by the code name "Mohoro," that will run from Windows Azure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 07, 2013
In a move that effectively positions itself against Amazon Web Services, Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 16, 2013
Less than 10 percent of of IT decision-makers in North America and Europe plan to implement virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments, according to a recent report by Forrester Research.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2013
VMware has overhauled its Partner Competency program, as well as added new revenue-generating incentives for solution providers selling cloud services, the company announced at this week's VMware Partner Exchange Conference in Las Vegas.
- By Michael Domingo
- February 26, 2013
Despite reporting rising revenues in its latest earnings report, cloud and virtualization giant VMware announced on Monday that it would be implementing companywide layoffs.
- By Michael Domingo
- January 29, 2013
At the first Live! 360 conference, top experts will dive into an array of hot IT topics. Get a sneak preview here, as key presenters share their expertise with Redmond Channel Partner.
- By Doug Barney
- October 31, 2012
VMware Inc. named Jonathan Chadwick its new chief financial officer during its quarterly earnings call on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 23, 2012
Consulting firm Software Licensing Advisors is once again reporting that organizations may face "stealth" price increases when they renew their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EAs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 04, 2012
With an all-new model of computing, the next version of the Microsoft flagship server OS comes with new editions, licensing, product dependencies, features and partner opportunities.
- By Scott Bekker, Kurt Mackie, Gladys Rama
- October 01, 2012
Microsoft Hyper-V partner F5 Networks on Monday announced a forthcoming network virtualization product designed to move virtual machines (VMs) from traditional datacenters to those based on Windows Server 2012, while preserving management controls.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2012
Microsoft is taking an in-your-face approach to convert VMware shops to Hyper-V. When it comes to implementing a migration, though, a partner and customer say it's critical to a successful project to take time with the VMware experts on the customer's IT staff. Making sure they understand how their expertise is still valid and important makes the project go much better.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 17, 2012
The test version of Microsoft's User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) tool was made available as a release candidate (RC) last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 14, 2012
Dell on Tuesday detailed its virtualization support efforts and rolled out its Windows Server 2012 product line.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 06, 2012
After four years of development, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server 2012 in a launch event on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 04, 2012
Microsoft detailed its installation scheme for the next generation of Office software on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 28, 2012
OnLive, a pioneer in virtual desktop infrastructure-based services and cloud gaming, reportedly shed its staff members and was sold to an undisclosed buyer on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 17, 2012