Completely off topic but did anyone else get burned by VMWare suddenly making the equivalent of GSX free? We purchased a new multi-CPU license for GSX not 3 days before the anouncement that VMWare ...

Microsoft has delayed until early 2007 an update for Microsoft Virtual Server, a technology that lets a computer run multiple incarnations of Windows simultaneously. The SP1 (Service Pack 1) update to ...

Virtualization brings extended opportunities to solution providers, the technology runs “guest” operating systems on a “host” machine and allows easy demos of products or tests ...

Around the same time that VMware updated its Workstation product with a new refresh build, Microsoft also updated both of its hosted virtualization platforms, Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005 ...

The Redmond, Wash., software giant late last week announced the first beta of Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1, which includes compatibility with Intel Virtualization Technology (VT). Beta ...

Microsoft has announced that Virtual Server R2 Enterprise Edition will come with a new pricing structure - free. In addition, new offerings are now available in the form of virtual machine add-ins and ...

With the recent initial public offering of VMware Inc. being greeted with a resounding cheer from investors, it’s clear that virtualization is increasingly important to businesses. Corporations are ...

In our Clear Choice Test, Virtual Server 2005 proved itself well worth the money because it lets you run multiple instances of Windows on the same machine. VMware (recently acquired by EMC) has long ...

With the launch of Virtual PC 2007 Microsoft made it clear they have no intention of competing in the desktop virtualization market. The product's lackluster performance and limited feature set will ...

Really, CPU power is only as important as you want it to be, or, for testing, that is plenty. RAM is important, since VS or VPC will only run with physical RAM. So, if you want to run 4 guest OS's, ...

Why Microsoft thinks you don’t need another free Hyper-V Server SKU Your email has been sent Running Windows Server on your own infrastructure and using cloud services to do it offers lots of benefits ...

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