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ESXi: Embedded HYPErvisor?

VMware's lightweight version of ESX is a good product. But is it all it's cracked up to be? Our mythbuster does some debunking.

Competition: Tiny Giant

This server virtualization startup is growing rapidly, and believes it can compete with VMware by offering similar functionality at a lower price.

News: VKernel Ships Bottleneck Analyzer

New tool analyzes performance of VMs running on VMware ESX Server

News: VMware's Results Ease Concerns

Threats from virt competitors keep outlook cautious for VMware moving forward

News: Wyse Unveils Viance

Viance optimized to work with Citrix XenDesktop

Strategies for Disaster Recovery

The move to virtualization bestows some revolutionary benefits. Affordable DR is one of them.

Is VMware the New Microsoft?

There's only one Microsoft. Or is there? Talk to enough third parties, analysts and customers, and you'll soon believe that VMware should be headquartered in Redmond instead of Palo Alto.

Server Virtualization Shootout

Whether consolidating servers or using computing resources more efficiently, server virtualization products come into their own.

Dell Simplifies Virtualization

The hardware giant's strategy may be straightforward, but that's just what some in IT need.

HP: Adapt or Die

The world's biggest hardware vendor offers comprehensive virtualization solutions.

By the Numbers: Server Virtualization's TCO

Yankee Group's survey offers hard evidence of cost and efficiency of virtualization efforts.

Innovative Vendors

There aren't many more innovative industries within IT than virtualization.

More VMware Buzz as B-hive Acquisition Announced

When you have most of the marbles, it never hurts to have a few more.

HP Expands Desktop Virtualization with Thin Client

Hewlett-Packard has expanded its role in the desktop virtualization arena with new mobile thin client hardware, extended software offerings and deeper industry alliances.

XenDesktop Details Emerge as Product Begins Shipping

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.

Citrix Debuts New Desktop Appliance Partner Program

Citrix today announced a new Desktop Appliance Partner Program. Appliances and thin clients are important elements in the emerging value chain for hosted desktop virtualization solutions both in terms of end user expectations for performance and ease of installation.

New Hyper-V Release Candidate Out

Microsoft today published a new release candidate (RC1) of its first enterprise-class hypervisor, Hyper-V. The release marks the next step of what has been a quick march to commercial availability for a critical product in Microsoft's emerging virtualization lineup.

Beta Version of Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Now Available

Microsoft last week released a beta version of its Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool on the Microsoft Connect site.

New VMware Deployment, Disaster Recovery Apps Available

On Monday, VMware announced the release of two new virtualization management products: VMware Site Recovery Manager, a data and disaster recovery tool for datacenters, and VMware Stage Manager, designed for automating the delivery of virtualized applications and environments.

Raw Exchange

Virtualize your Exchange server? It's almost a no-brainer.

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