Windows 2008 Hyper-V virtualization technology has been released

Windows Server 2008 has a whole variety of new features, and one of the most talked about features is the vastly improved virtualization technology which is now built-in to Windows 2008, called Hyper-V.
You can download Hyper-V starting today, and will be available via Windows Update on July 9th.
Hyper-V supports a number of virtual machine (VM) […]

sneak peak at Windows Server Virtualization under Windows Longhorn

Video: Longhorn - Windows Server Virtualization
Here’s a sneak peak at the new Windows Server Virtualization technology running under Windows Longhorn, which is due out later this year (hopefully).
The 6 minute video shows:

Windows Server Virtualization running on Longhorn Server Core, managed from another Windows Server Longhorn box
a combination of 64-bit guest virtual machines, 32-bit guest VMs […]

Microsoft eating their own children again?

There’s a saying in the industry where Microsoft are known to “eat their own children”.
This means that they work closely with 3rd party vendors (their “children”), let the vendors build up a new technology, and once that’s done they will either buy them out or take on the technology themselves and directly compete against it.
This […]

Smart Microsoft strategy to increase the uptake of Windows Vista

Microsoft have been working hard the last few years on Windows Vista. On February 1st 2007 Microsoft finally released the various editions of Windows Vista to the general public. They didn’t get the mad midnight openings with hundreds of people just waiting to pounce when the retail store doors were opened. The […]