In an interesting twist, Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will feature the first-rate, enterprise-echelon Hyper-V(Opens in a new window) machine virtualization hypervisor. This will mean that ...

Microsoft is acknowledging that its Windows 8 virtual desktop infrastructure license, which could raise costs for organizations that let employees use personal iPads and Android tablets to access ...

Windows Server 8 will be a big upgrade for Windows administrators. The focus is virtualization and the creation of private clouds, with big improvements in scalability and upgradeability.

Windows Server "8" takes some design cues from its desktop cousin. But it also is the first version of the Windows Server operating system to be designed with virtualized environments in mind.

Virtualization, as the name suggests, involves the creation of a make-believe version of a computer or its constituent resource, like a storage device, server, etc., within a physical computer. The ...