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, famous for its product delays, has taken a different approach with its latest virtualization offering: instead of multiple delays, it's pushing up delivery deadlines. The Redmond, WA-based ...

New technology allows for closer interoperability between Windows and Linux than we've seen in the past, and also puts it at loggerheads with technology offered by VMware, whose virtualization ...

However, they said customer acceptance of the new Microsoft technology combined with how Microsoft advances technology has the potential to impact VMware and others over time. Microsoft on Thursday ...

Whatever you think about Microsoft, they do know how to keep the hype machine at maximum momentum for months. Windows Server 2008 will be officially launched in February, but announcements continue to ...

Microsoft has been scrambling to create a full package of virtualization tools and technology to compete with companies such as VMware Microsoft is set to release in the next 30 days its stand-alone ...