Microsoft's team developing the Windows 7 operating system has come out with a new blog called "Engineering Windows 7."
Yesterday, August 12, was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2."
Microsoft closed its investigation into an update blocking issue that affected users of Windows Server Update Service 3.0 or WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1.
Microsoft's August patch, slated to be the largest patch rollout since 12 bulletins hit users in February of 2007, came up short by one.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/12/2008
Microsoft announced a launch event for its virtualization products, scheduled for Sept. 8, 2008 in Bellevue, Wash.
IT Pros and system administrators will be mighty busy this month as Microsoft announced plans to release 12 patches.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/07/2008
VMware joined the Linux Foundation on Monday.
Microsoft is initiating a new security notification approach, the company announced on Tuesday at the Black Hat security conference.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/06/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. -- IBM made several announcements Tuesday at the annual LinuxWorld conference, introducing a new series of products, services and initiatives that the company says will "further expand IBM's commitment to Linux and open source by enabling the next generation of Linux."
- By John K. Waters
- 08/06/2008
In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position in this segment, VMware has announced a new initiative dubbed the System Builder Program
IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 08/05/2008
Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software.
- By Joab Jackson
- 08/01/2008
Skytap’s Virtual Lab service lets developers subscribe to virtual machines
(VMs) and provides a VM image library and a virtual lab-management app.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/01/2008
Just how favorably does Hyper-V compare to established products from VMware Inc., Virtual Iron Inc. and Citrix Systems Inc., to name a few? How serious is Microsoft about competing in the virtual space?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/30/2008
A first-quarter 2008 survey conducted by Computer Economics suggests a possible slowdown in IT spending and staffing lies ahead.
VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free.
Citrix has released details of a new tool that will speed virtual machine interoperability between hypervisors from Microsoft, VMware and its own offering.
New director of product management talks up database and hints at future technologies.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/16/2008
Diane Greene's precipitous and unexpected departure from VMware yesterday may have resulted from an ongoing rift between Greene and executives at parent company EMC, according to analysts.
In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division.