Microsoft Thursday did something it rarely does. The company released a beta for a long-awaited technology — in this case its Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology Hyper-V — ahead of schedule.

Microsoft on Thursday released its Hyper-V virtualization technology, a day after it was widely reported the software was about to go into final release. People can now download Hyper-V for Windows ...

During Microsoft's TechEd IT Forum conference in Barcelona, Spain, the company finally named its upcoming hypervisor virtualization platform. What was once code-named Viridian and then announced as ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. appears well positioned to gain Hyper-V virtualization software users from among its existing customers, judging from the comments of attendees at the company’s ...

anyone using virtualization technology other than vSphere, Hyper-V or XenServer? I'm thinking RedHat's virtualization solution, Solaris Zones, KVM on some Linux distro ...

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 ...

Microsoft Wednesday released a feature-complete beta of its Hyper-V virtualization technology, which is an add-on to Windows Server 2008. Microsoft said the “Release Candidate” (RC) was “near-final” ...

VMware customers attending VMworld are taking a look at Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization software, but say it would be problematic to start over after investing heavily in VMware. VMware customers ...

Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization technology will come to Windows 8, marking the first time the software is available in both the server and desktop versions of Windows, Microsoft confirmed today.

As a home labber with several years under my belt, I’ve tried all sorts of virtualization platforms, container runtimes, and hypervisors across different OS families. These days, I rely on Proxmox for ...