A memo purportedly from Microsoft to its OEM partners suggests that Microsoft will offer upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7, starting possibly on July 1, 2009.
The upcoming Windows 7 beta -- scheduled to be released this month -- found its way onto the Internet over the holidays.
Sun Microsystems recently released the latest version of its desktop virtualization software, xVM VirtualBox.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/04/2009
IT spending seemed immune to cuts, until recently. Guess which segment is bucking the trend?
Other IT segments virtualization skills is that the number of jobs is actually increasing -- and at a healthy rate.
The management challenge no IT admin can afford to ignore.
VMware makes a play for mobile market share.
eG Innovations takes on the daunting challenge of VM performance monitoring.
The three companies are getting ready to rumble over ownership of the hypervisor cloud.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 01/01/2009
Citrix Systems' XenDesktop is a state-of-the-art product for hosted desktop virtualization and may be the gold standard by which other products are judged in a feature-for-feature comparison. Here's a look at the capabilities, options and feature sets available with this product, as well as how to install, set up and configure it in the data center.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 01/01/2009
VMware wants to own your data center. The key? The Virtual Datacenter Operating System.
The past year was huge for virtualization. What will the new year bring?
Targeting the right servers to virtualize can be challenging the first time around. Using SCOPE can make that process easier and more efficient.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 01/01/2009
Almost no one paid attention when MS divulged details on its cloud-based Hyper-V. Here's what you need to know so far.
Will desktop PCs in their current incarnation fade from view as they become increasingly virtualized?
A startup company called MagCloud.com is currently using Windows Azure, the new Microsoft "cloud operating system" supporting software as a service applications and storage.
Microsoft on Tuesday showed off a pre-beta version of Windows Server 2008 R2 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week, Microsoft is unveiling the end-to-end vision for its Software plus Services platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/27/2008
A new cloud-based lab service for developers will be demonstrated by Seattle-based Skytap Inc. at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles next week.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/24/2008
Redmond on Thursday released a critical out-of-cycle security patch affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/23/2008