Virtualization has not stripped Windows of its relevance, a Microsoft official said in response to VMware CEO Paul Maritz’s argument that operating systems are no longer the center of innovation in ...

At VMworld in Las Vegas, the talk was all about the free release of Redmond's hypervisor product. Plus, another executive departs the virtualization software company. Brett writes regular technology ...

In its latest attack against VMware, Microsoft depicts its rival's virtualization products as a redundant separate layer that sits between hardware and the OS. David Greschler, director of Microsoft ...

Microsoft's Server and Tools Business did the virtual conference thing for industry analysts last week. Fellow analyst Judith Hurwitz ably describes the limitations of this format. I concur with much ...

Virtualization watchers have speculated for years when Microsoft would throw a low-cost blow at arch-rival VMware in the desktop virtualization fight. This week, Microsoft delivered the punch via a ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is now in public beta and is slated for launch in the first half of next year. The update includes a pair of key new features: Dynamic Memory, which allows memory on a ...

Last year, Microsoft collaborated with Dell to launch VMware Solutions, enabling users to run native VMware-based workloads on Azure. In August, the tech giant expanded the set of capabilities being ...

The VMware Workstation product, used to host virtual machines on client devices, is getting support for Windows hypervisor, which will unlock the use of various Microsoft technologies that are ...

Microsoft has decided to slash several key features from its Windows Server virtualization software, code-named “Viridian,” in an effort to meet quality goals and a release deadline. The new ...

VMware and Microsoft are working on a new cloud partnership, which was quietly teased in December. And this could help Microsoft as it seeks to overthrow Amazon's lead in cloud computing. That's ...

VMware, the incumbent power in the blossoming realm of virtualization, has accused Microsoft of using foul play to promote its own competing products. In a white paper published Friday, the EMC ...