As reported by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley yesterday, Microsoft released its Hyper-V bare metal hypervisor platform (Updated: 4:20PM EST)for Windows Server 2008 today, in a virtual shot across competitor and market leader VMWare's bow, which currently holds over an 80 percent market share in x86 virtualization.We looked at a late beta of Hyper-V back in February of this year and at the time, we were impressed with the system's performance and ease of use.
On February 21 of 2008, just two months ago, Microsoft announced "strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability.
The last four years were an exciting and challenging time to be at Microsoft, arguably the most transformative time in the company's history.
Over the past year, I've been increasingly purchasing or endorsing the use of proprietary or closed solutions rather than "Open".
While both of these companies have assets of potentially strategic value, neither of them are likely to survive as independent entities or even in one piece.
Microsoft's Azure and RemoteFX technologies in Windows Server 2012 could be the key to deploying Office on tablet computers.
Surface RT has too many limitations to make it practical for me to own an ARM-based Microsoft Windows Tablet today. But that will change over time.
My colleague and fellow ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley continues to polish her crystal ball about Windows 7's delivery date in her last Friday's column, based on interpreting new statements from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates as well as the party line about the already stated 3-year release cycle.
Ken Hess and Jason Perlow interview Michael Kleef of Microsoft's Server Group about enhanced Virtualization features in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Bing brings sports stats, visual search, Windows Phone 7, and juicy meat to your local stadiums, nationwide.