In the complex and frustrating world of virtualization licensing, Microsoft has had its ups and downs and caused its fair share of IT aggravation. Licensing Microsoft products in a physical world has ...

Server virtualization, have you ever heard of it? You’d be surprised how important it is and how much it is used around the world. Now, since not a lot of people have knowledge of server ...

Mike Neil, Microsoft's General Manager of Virtualization Strategy, announced on Thursday that Microsoft will delay delivery of two of its virtualization solutions - the much anticipated Viridian and ...

Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualization software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian. A public beta version of Viridian--formally called ...

The new policies, which go into effect Dec. 1, give customers flexibility and simplicity when running Windows Server system products in virtual machine environments, Microsoft said. Under Microsoft&s ...

As Microsoft readies Hyper-V, the new hypervisor software that forms the foundation for virtualization in Windows Server 2008, VMware is finally facing some real competition in the Windows server ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft added the hypercall API for the Viridian hypervisor to the Open Specification Promise, a designation aimed at encouraging third party development which applies to a handful of ...

It seems that server virtualization is the buzzword for the industry right now. Having made its way into storage virtualization, VMware led its wide use in the enterprise server market. Last week, two ...

A month after Microsoft Corp. pushed back the beta release of the Windows Server virtualization software, code-named Viridian, the company today dropped several key features to make its final deadline ...

Virtualization is playing a big role in the rationale behind the streamlining of the product and pricing structure for the new Windows Server 2012. Microsoft has put forward the simplified licensing ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft on Wednesday detailed changes to ...

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft said on Thursday that it is pulling features out of the initial version of its "Viridian" hypervisor to avoid having to delay the virtualization technology. The company is ...