The software giant has announced the release of Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0.
Novell and Intel develop software that speeds Xen's ability to run Windows as a virtual machine.
Hypervisors are just the skirmish before the virtualisation war proper, according to vendors and analysts, with virtualisation management set to pull in the big bucks in years to come.
After years of hoping to crush Linux, Microsoft is trying to show it can get along with its open-source rival.
Microsoft, faced with virtualisation competition and customer demands, is working to bring some technologies to market sooner than it earlier had said.
You've only got to hang around a datacentre for about 30 seconds before someone starts raving on about virtualisation. While the cost benefits of virtualisation are obvious, the management challenges often get swept under the carpet.
The talk of this year's VMworld conference in Las Vegas was how much of a competitive threat Microsoft, which weeks earlier announced the free release of its hypervisor product, will prove to virtualisation leader VMware.
A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.
With Microsoft set to officially launch Windows Server 2008 this week, ZDNet.com.au sister site CNET News.com sat down with Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business to talk about what to expect.
Microsoft's Hyper-V is the missing piece from the launch of Windows Server 2008. We examine its background, and predict how the hypervisor market is likely to develop.
Sun Microsystems' xVM virtualisation efforts are getting louder and louder.
Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.
Microsoft's Hyper-V is a solid virtualisation platform that's compatible with a wide range of modern server hardware.
XenServer still has a fair way to go in order to catch up to the current functionality already offered in VMWare and Microsoft's virtualisation solutions -- but it's quickly improving and is a lot more affordable.
IBM's iSeries will never be IBM's most exciting range of servers, but it is destined for great things, according to one of its architects.
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