Last time we wrote about virtualisation -- only just over a month ago -- we said: "the virtualisation market is in a bit of turmoil at the moment, shaken up by the prospect of billions of dollars of revenue." How prophetic those words have proven to be, albeit not in the manner we expected. Market g... Read More...

Mike Neil deflects critics’ punches on the company’s virtualization timeline and strategy Mike Neil, Microsoft's general manager of virtualization, is on the big stage with a hot technology. The lights are on him as he prepares for next year's delivery of Windows Server Virtualization, which firs... Read More...

Microsoft just released many new valuable cookbooks covering topics for Microsoft Virtual Server R2 SP1. If you aren't familiar with "cookbooks", they are step-by-step guides to help you easily navigate through a solution and are a great way to learn about a product.... Read More...

VIRTUALIZATION CHANGES THE GAME for performance monitoring and management. Read on for a primer on optimizimizing virtual environments, without compromising performance. Automation and adaptability is key…. Ah, virtualization…the promise of infinite flexibility and an example of software and har... Read More...

Symantec has delayed the launch of its Virtual Security Appliance for Intel's vPro enterprise desktop platform. The security vendor was originally scheduled to release the appliance next month, but will now push back the release to mid-2008, Gary Sabala, senior product manager for virtual securit... Read More...

Today, NetworkWorld posted an article discussing 10 virtualization companies to watch out for. They write: These technology innovators promise products that boost performance, make management easier or otherwise enhance your virtualization experience Everybody knows virtualization isn't jus... Read More...

Citrix Systems' £250m ($500m USD) acquisition of XenSource, last week along with VMware's massively successful IPO earlier this week, has further legitimatised the hot virtualisation space, but it may also be causing some disillusionment among the open-source community. XenSource commercialises ... Read More...

Depending on who describes it, grid computing has grown from its roots in high-performance computing into an enterprise technology that provides for shared resources. Or it's an over-hyped, meaningless term that will soon disappear in the wake of advances in virtualisation and utility computing. ... Read More...