Novell announced last Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program.
- By Chris Riedel
- 06/16/2008
Virtualization and development tools supplier Xenocode has released a suite of tools for adapting, configuring and delivering Win32- and Java-based applications within a free-standing, virtualized environment on the host Windows OS.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/15/2008
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.
Last week, according to a blog post from Microsoft marketing team member Trika Harms zum Spreckel, the Microsoft Learning group introduced the first virtualization-based exam into beta testing.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/11/2008
Microsoft pointed to gains in the high-performance computing (HPC) market as it readies the release of its HPC Server 2008 for later this year.
VMware has announced VMware ThinApp 4.0, its major offering in the emerging market for application virtualization.
Microsoft released seven patches for its June rollout of security fixes. As expected, three are labeled "critical," three "important" and one "moderate."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/10/2008
Exam 70-652 offers MCPs a chance to prove expertise in setting up and configuring virtual machines.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/10/2008
Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America event for IT professionals kicked off today with a keynote address on enabling "dynamic IT."
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
- 06/06/2008
Redmond projects a rollout of seven fixes, with three rated critical, three important and one moderate.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/05/2008
Microsoft's founder and chairman kicked off Tech-Ed with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/03/2008
When you have most of the marbles, it never hurts to have a few more.
Hewlett-Packard has expanded its role in the desktop virtualization arena with new mobile thin client hardware, extended software offerings and deeper industry alliances.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 05/20/2008
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft last week released a beta version of its Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool on the Microsoft Connect site.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/15/2008
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.
Deepening its existing partner relationship with Dell as a new competitive dynamic and pricing model unfolds, Citrix has announced the availability of a Dell-specific embedded version of XenServer for Dell PowerEdge servers.