VMware’s iPad app: A lesson in contradiction?
News of the VMware View iPad client was all the rage yesterday. The constant discussion got so bad at one point that I had to close my Twitter client and take a breather (but not before I posted a link...
View ArticleMicrosoft touts Target, launches System Center 2012
Microsoft Corp. revealed its new beta of System Center 2012 today. At the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas, the company said System Center 2012 will “enable IT managers to deliver private...
View ArticleMicrosoft moves beyond SMI-S with NetApp
By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer ATLANTA — NetApp and Cisco have issued another reference architecture in partnership with a virtualization vendor. This time it’s Microsoft. The NetApp Hyper-V...
View ArticleMicrosoft TechEd 2011 reporter’s notebook
ATLANTA — Thoughts collected while going up and down seven or eight escalators to get from one TechEd session to another… VMM 2012: The beginning of the end for Virtual Server? According to various...
View ArticleHyper-V 3.0 in Windows 8: New features emerge
The summer hypervisor season is in full swing, and three blockbusters are capturing the attention of fans and critics alike. We already know about the upcoming releases of VMware vSphere 5 and Citrix...
View ArticleDavid Greschler leaves Microsoft
David Greschler, Microsoft’s director of virtualization and cloud computing, has left the company. Greschler and Douglas A. Brown of the popular virtualization site DABCC.com have founded a new...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Citrix join VMware on ‘magic’ mountain
VMware still rules, but the top of the virtualization mountain is getting crowded. Gartner has added Microsoft and Citrix to the leaders section of its server virtualization Magic Quadrant, recognizing...
View ArticleVirtualization Vendor Profile: Altaro
SMB users of Hyper-V will soon get a new backup alternative. Altaro, which previously focused on desktop-level backups, plans to release software in August it says will be simpler and cheaper than...
View ArticleVeeam releases free backup tool for VMware and Hyper-V
VMware and Hyper-V admins can now get a free set of tools from Veeam for backing up, copying and transporting virtual machines. Veeam Backup Free Edition has no time limit on use, but it is limited in...
View ArticleHyper-V Server 2012 Release Candidate surfaces at TechEd
A free download is available on Microsoft’s website for those who want to experiment with the new, free version of Hyper-V. Hyper-V Server is offered as a standalone product by Microsoft apart from the...
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