Virtualization

Thu, March 26, 2009 - 'Expensive' VMware might actually be cheaper than Microsoft's Hyper-V.

Mon, March 23, 2009 - Breaking free from applications work is helping these IT execs tap into innovation.

Tue, March 17, 2009 - HP, IBM angry about Cisco server intro, but the key may be management tools that make virtual infrastructures faster, more stable, and easier to configure. And that will come from BMC, not Cisco.

Wed, March 04, 2009 - Citrix and Microsoft launch new salvos in the battle with VMware, while rumors of Oracle buying Virtual Iron further roil the virtualization market. What does it mean for customers? Here's a roundup on where the competition and products stand.

Wed, February 11, 2009 - Virtualization technologies aren't just for server consolidation. They've long been valuable tools to anyone writing or testing software. We show how these tools are being used for software development and quality assurance now and identify a few places where developers still want more from virtualization.

Thu, January 29, 2009 - Which virtualization management tool vendors should be on your radar screen in 2009? Here's CIO.com's second annual list of the best and brightest innovators in virtualization management, security, backup and more.

Thu, November 06, 2008 - "Our offerings have grown to include market-driven virtual infrastructure management capabilities as the virtual computing industry has matured," says Pete Privateer, CEO of Reflex Systems.

Thu, November 06, 2008 - Microsoft's cloud computing platform will use a new Windows Azure hypervisor, not Hyper-V. Is this good or bad news for Hyper-V?

Thu, October 30, 2008 - The DMTF is hammering out virtualization management standards it hopes will show up in products next year. The standards address interoperability, portability and VM life-cycle management, with a nod to management standards such as the Common Information Model (CIM).

Thu, October 16, 2008 - Divorce VMs from the syntactic details of specific languages. No more languages as platforms; imagine being able to program in the language of your choice and then choose from any of several different underlying engines to execute your code, depending upon the needs of your application. It could be the next major stage in the evolution of programming, and it's happening now.