VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free.
- By Keith Ward
- July 22, 2008
Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter and 2008 year-end financial results were announced in a Webcast on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 18, 2008
Microsoft quietly opened its Live Mesh preview to more testers on July 15, but by today (July 17), the offer had been narrowed to just waiting-list only.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 17, 2008
Microsoft's Chief Architect Ray Ozzie and some say the sky will be the limit for cloud computing in the enterprise, but there's still a need for IT security too.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 16, 2008
New director of product management talks up database and hints at future technologies.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 16, 2008
Diane Greene's precipitous and unexpected departure from VMware yesterday may have resulted from an ongoing rift between Greene and executives at parent company EMC, according to analysts.
- By Tom Valovic
- July 09, 2008
In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division.
- By Tom Valovic
- July 08, 2008
As Redmond's virtualization solutions mature, there's still time for partners to get into the virtualization game on the ground floor.
- By Dave Sobel
- July 01, 2008
Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
- By Keith Ward
- June 26, 2008
Researchers at VMware have pioneered a novel technique in dynamic analysis, one that separates the running program from the analysis tool, by use of virtual containers.
- By Joab Jackson
- June 26, 2008
Novell announced last Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program.
- By Chris Riedel
- June 16, 2008
IT pros wanting to try out the latest Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology can now get the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version via Windows Update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 13, 2008
Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America event for IT professionals kicked off today with a keynote address on enabling "dynamic IT."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2008
VMware has announced VMware ThinApp 4.0, its major offering in the emerging market for application virtualization.
- By Tom Valovic
- June 10, 2008
A pair of vulnerabilities found in several VMware Linux products will require users to update these products to resecure their systems, security analysis firm iDefense announced yesterday.
- By Joab Jackson
- June 06, 2008
The storage giant's acquisition of the British consulting firm provides a stepping stone for expansion in the United Kingdom and beyond.
- By Anne Stuart and RCP Staff
- June 01, 2008
Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 29, 2008
When you have most of the marbles, it never hurts to have a few more.
- By Tom Valovic
- May 29, 2008
Stealing some thunder from Citrix's recent XenDesktop unveiling, VMware has made several announcements aimed at strengthening partnerships with thin client suppliers.
- By Tom Valovic
- May 21, 2008
With a tiered pricing structure designed to undercut VMware's offerings, Citrix has announced the availability of XenDesktop, its much anticipated and discussed product offering in the increasingly important desktop virtualization arena.
- By Tom Valovic
- May 20, 2008