According to an announcement made today by Microsoft, Hyper-V hypervisor will be included in the company's next operating system.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. announced on Wednesday that it is giving select beta testers early access to its forthcoming Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) portfolio. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 09/07/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next version of Windows Intune, Microsoft's cloud service for systems management, will become generally available starting Oct. 17, the company announced Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 09/06/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has released version 1.3.0 of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone and version 1.2.1 of the Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Trend Micro, SolarWinds, F5 demonstrate new and improved solutions around the VMware tool ecosystem 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 09/01/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Bromium cofounder and former Citrix CTO views his public battles as an essential element in his strategy to bring technology to the people by making sure they understand it.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    MokaFive Suite Release 3 BareMetal offers the unusual ability to update all workstations from a single image, while still allowing users to customize their systems.
                    
			            - By Logan  Harbaugh
- 09/01/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Jim Curry, general manager of Rackspace Cloud Builders, is having a good time giving the people what they want.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The VMware CIO runs internal projects and test-drives new products.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    These virtualization vendors will be getting more than your attention in the coming months.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    All three of the most popular virtualization hypervisors are available in free editions: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, VMware vSphere Hypervisor and Citrix XenServer.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The product receives an A for features, but only a C+ for ease of use.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    ADCs serve a new generation of business applications, with specific benefits when implemented in virtualized and cloud-based environments.
                    
			            - By Eric  Beehler
- 09/01/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company is charging full-speed into the cloud -- and showing it has what it takes to dominate an industry.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell Cloud takes VMware's vCloud Datacenter Services to its customers who want a piece of the cloud. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/31/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    During his keynote at the annual Dreamforce conference taking place this week in San Francisco, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff left little doubt about the direction his company is taking: "We're were born cloud, and now we've been reborn social."
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- 08/31/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMTurbo upgrades its virtualization management appliance with new application performance monitoring system.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/31/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Storage company gets its virtualized storage solution certifed to work with VMware's latest product releases.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/31/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft program unveiled on Monday called "Cloud CRM for Less" would pay customers $150 per user seat for switching to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online from competitors SAP, Salesforce.com and Oracle.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 08/30/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    vFabric Director to support open-source Postgres SQL database initially; it's available now at CloudFoundry.com. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/30/2011