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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has been hammering away at VMware with the message that Hyper-V gives customers much bigger bang for their buck, and the software giant has come up with creative promotions to get companies ...

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Here at Virtualization & Cloud Review we've looked at the frankly terrible spot VMware customers have found themselves in lately here, here and here. In this article I'll lay out the options you have ...

Software maker tells CNET it's posting an open letter to VMware customers, aiming to get them to think twice before signing long-term deals with the virtualization leader. During her years at CNET ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft on Wednesday detailed changes to its Virtual Server plans, announcing it will shift its next update of the software from a maintenance release to a paid upgrade. The Redmond, ...

Over the last few years, I've read and listened to numerous complaints from people about Microsoft not being fully invested in virtualization, that the software giant was simply sticking their big toe ...