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Microsoft offers Hyper-V for free

Microsoft began a major virtualisation push late yesterday, with the introduction of new virtualisation tools and by making its core hypervisor product free of charge. Read more »

Oz users give new Microsoft server suite thumbs-up

Early adopters of Microsoft's new suite of enterprise products have given the vendor an initial thumbs-up. Read more »

Microsoft: Virtualisation is overhyped, under-used

Server virtualisation is over-hyped and less used than reported, according to Microsoft executives speaking at the launch of Windows Server 2008. Read more »

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Oracle gets the hots for virtualisation

Oracle president Charles Phillips played tour guide Monday, pointing out virtualisation and the company's application integration architecture (AIA) as two key areas to watch for this year as the software giant moves forward in building its "stack." Read more »

VMware shares secrets in security drive

Virtualisation vendor VMware has quietly begun sharing some of its software secrets with the IT security industry under an unannounced plan to create better ways of securing virtual machines. Read more »

Vmware offers performance testing tool

Vmware has launched a new tool to test the performance of virtualised systems, which in the past has been difficult to pin down despite the benefits of virtualisation. Read more »

Suse Linux gets better virtualisation, security

Novell has released the first service pack (SP1) for its Suse Linux Enterprise 10 server software, which promises better virtualisation and high performance support along with improved security. Read more »

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief

Microsoft has appointed a director to lead its interoperability efforts with Novell. 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 »

VMware cries foul over Microsoft virtualisation

The battle to control the virtualisation market has heated up with the launch of a white paper from VMware, which accuses Microsoft of anti-competitive practices. Read more »

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Features (14)

10 surprising things about Windows Server 2008

When you take a look at Windows Server 2008, you'll discover big changes -- including some legitimate improvements. This article outlines a few of the unexpected aspects of the new OS, both good and bad. Read more »

What virtualisation tools are available for testing?

This article talks about some of the free or inexpensive tools you might use to accomplish your virtualisation testing. Read more »

Replicating your infrastructure in a lab

This article shows you how to do a test run of Windows Server 2008/Exchange Server 2007 running together in a test environment. Read more »

Getting started with Windows Server 2008 Core edition

The Windows Server 2008 Core edition comes with significant changes. This article provides a quick rundown of the Core edition's capabilities and limitations. Read more »

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 »

The reality of virtual server management

Some organisations believe that "less equipment" equates to "easier administration" and maybe "fewer administrators". Nothing could be further from the truth. We explain some of the reality behind server virtualisation. Read more »

Learn to use a serial console on Linux

Using a serial console on Linux is much like using a modem; the technology is virtually identical, but instead of using a modem to dial into a remote system, a special serial cable, called a null-modem cable, is strung between two computers via their serial ports. Read more »

Exchange 2007: 32-bit vs. 64-bit

Many have commented on Exchange 2007's lack of 32-bit support and shown confusion about why Microsoft decided to provide a 32-bit "test" version of Exchange 2007. We offer some facts about this version and some possible reasons that Microsoft went 64-bit-only with Exchange 2007. Read more »

10 things you can do to give old servers a second life

Often, you can give old servers a new lease on life by upgrading to a bigger hard drive and adding RAM. The nature of your network will dictate what's best for you, but here are some ways you might get additional mileage from an old server. 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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Blog (3)

Azure: A matter of trust

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »

Solving the network storage dilemma

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- I've had some friends and readers ask me the same question about what to do about the problem of storage in the home and how do you make it accessible to every computer or set-top box in the house on the internal network. Read more »

Keeping up with the Joneses

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Microsoft has opened up its Virtual Server 2005 R2 software to run Linux. But why? Read more »

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