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
One of the most closely tracked companies on Wall Street's radar screen did not disappoint expectations with reported revenues for the third quarter of $472 million, a 32 percent increase achieved under increasingly difficult market conditions.
Microsoft released System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008), the second major component of its virtualization strategy.
An IDC study released on Thursday depicted a slowing worldwide market for virtualized servers.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/20/2008
Microsoft's CEO talked about Windows 7 and the company's vision for syncing up applications in the Internet cloud at a Gartner-sponsored event on Thursday.
Sophos quickly warns of fake Trojan-laden e-mail disguised as Microsoft Security Bulletin update hitting inboxes.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/16/2008
In a break with tradition, Microsoft has decided to use the code name for the next version of Windows as the official moniker.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/14/2008