Hyper-V RC1 is available for both x86- and x64-based machines running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 operating systems. One caveat is that RC1 installations on Windows Server 2008-based ...

Companies of all sizes are looking to virtualization as a seemingly game-changing scenario. Server consolidation, energy efficiency, increased capacity, and simpler management and deployment are all ...

VMware ESXi is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware for deploying and serving virtual computers by integrating vital OS components, such as a kernel; since as a type-1 hypervisor ...

Virtualization technology is invaluable in modern IT infrastructure. It’s also essential to create virtual machines or a network of virtual machines (VMs) when running alternate OSes or setting up a ...

After his last foray into the “Linux guy reviews a Microsoft product” space, Jason Perlow is back -- this time to take a look at Microsoft’s Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built ...

In an interesting twist, Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will feature the first-rate, enterprise-echelon Hyper-V(Opens in a new window) machine virtualization hypervisor. This will mean that ...

Microsoft may have to exhibit in a 10-by-10 space at competitor VMware's VMworld show, but will that really contain the growing Hyper-V? The famous words “nobody puts baby in a corner” come to mind.

Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM). As of noon ET, Hyper-V will be available for download from ...

Since the release of Windows Server 2012 R2, which included the third generation of Hyper-V, the Microsoft hypervisor reached near parity with the vSphere virtualization platform from VMware Inc.