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Microsoft finally goes to market with Hyper-V
Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V hypervisor is finally available, but analysts have questioned whether large enterprises will adopt the product as their sole virtualisation technology. Read more »
Microsoft to offer standalone hypervisor
Backing off earlier plans, company says customers will be able to buy the virtualisation technology without committing to Windows Server. Read more »
Windows Server 2008 test release due next week
Microsoft will release the first near-final version of its Windows Server 2008 operating system as early as next week. Read more »
Virtualisation: Is it all about the hardware, or the OS?
The virtualisation specialists are fighting back. Companies like VMware, and more recently XenSource, got their start with standalone virtualisation software -- but Linux sellers and Microsoft, unwilling to cede their influential position selling the foundational software of a computer, are trying to make virtualisation a feature of the operating system. Read more »
Citrix to pay a real US$500m for XenSource
Citrix has made an unexpected move into the virtualisation market with its intended US$500 million acquisition of XenSource. Read more »
Will virtualisation be Windows Server's silver bullet?
Virtualisation will be the key to the popularity of Microsoft's long-awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, analysts have predicted. Read more »
Microsoft cuts Windows virtualisation features
Microsoft said on Thursday that it is pulling features out of the initial version of its "Viridian" hypervisor to avoid having to delay the virtualisation technology. Read more »
Microsoft delays virtualisation beta debut
Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualisation software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian. Read more »
New XenEnterprise boosts virtual Windows
XenSource has endowed its flagship virtualisation product with better Windows support, the company announced on Monday, but a new version due in June will bring greater changes. Read more »
Red Hat's next Linux due before March
Red Hat plans to ship the next version of its premium Linux product on February 28, debuting major virtualisation technology but missing an earlier deadline by about two months. Read more »
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10 things you should know about virtualisation
Virtualisation has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Microsoft has promised that the Hyper-V virtualisation component (formerly called Viridian) will follow within 180 days of the Windows Server 2008 release. Read more »
10 tech skills you should develop during the next five years
If you want a job where you can train in a particular skill set and then never have to learn anything new, IT isn't the field for you. But if you like to be constantly learning new things and developing new skills, you're in the right business. In the late 80s, NetWare and IPX/SPX administration were the skills to have. Today, it's all about TCP/IP and the Internet. Read more »
KVM steals virtualisation spotlight
A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications. Read more »
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What's the point in following Apple's rules on the iPhone SDK if other developers will just flaunt them? We check the answer out and cover the other issues from the week: OLPC, IE, Ballmer and the Internet in space. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.