Microsoft took a big leap forward Thursday in its virtualization effort. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant released a public beta for its hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, which ...

A new release of Microsoft's virtualization software adds important capabilities, but analysts say still lacks some basic functions required to run enterprise-class apps Competition between VMware and ...

Ten years ago the argument over virtualization would have been a short one because VMware was the only game in town, but that early dominance is now being significantly challenged by Microsoft, Citrix ...

Announcing its third-quarter numbers last month, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based virtualization stalwart said it plans to start offering free downloads of its ESXi server virtualization technology. ESXi, ...

Hey all, I'm posting this here because we're lucky to have lots of IT pros in our audience with real expertise. We're hoping you can give us an on-the-ground look at how VMware and Microsoft's Hyper-V ...

As for us, we're a VMWare shop but that's because, historically, Hyper-V simply didn't provide the functionality we needed and had requirements that simply didn't fit in our environment. That is still ...