Don't let its looks fool you -- give it time and Hyper-V will be a contender for hypervisor dominance.
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
Qumranet's CEO Benny Schnaider discusses his company's open source technology and the future of the virtualization market.
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.
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.
Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
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
VMware has announced VMware ThinApp 4.0, its major offering in the emerging market for application virtualization.
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."
With Scalent, management of a mixed virtual and physical data center can be a one-person operation.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2008
Through acquisitions and homegrown tools, the company has amassed a dizzying array of offerings.
Unmanaged virtual machines have become an increasing threat to many organizations. Is your infrastructure safe?
Popular with Mac users, the Windows world is its next target.