Diane Greene's precipitous and unexpected departure from VMware yesterday may have resulted from an ongoing rift between Greene and executives at parent company EMC, according to analysts.
- By Tom Valovic
- July 09, 2008
In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division.
- By Tom Valovic
- July 08, 2008
As Redmond's virtualization solutions mature, there's still time for partners to get into the virtualization game on the ground floor.
- By Dave Sobel
- July 01, 2008
Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
- By Keith Ward
- June 26, 2008
Researchers at VMware have pioneered a novel technique in dynamic analysis, one that separates the running program from the analysis tool, by use of virtual containers.
- By Joab Jackson
- June 26, 2008
Novell announced last Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program.
- By Chris Riedel
- June 16, 2008
IT pros wanting to try out the latest Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology can now get the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version via Windows Update.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 13, 2008
Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America event for IT professionals kicked off today with a keynote address on enabling "dynamic IT."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2008
VMware has announced VMware ThinApp 4.0, its major offering in the emerging market for application virtualization.
- By Tom Valovic
- June 10, 2008
A pair of vulnerabilities found in several VMware Linux products will require users to update these products to resecure their systems, security analysis firm iDefense announced yesterday.
- By Joab Jackson
- June 06, 2008
The storage giant's acquisition of the British consulting firm provides a stepping stone for expansion in the United Kingdom and beyond.
- By Anne Stuart and RCP Staff
- June 01, 2008
Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 29, 2008
When you have most of the marbles, it never hurts to have a few more.
- By Tom Valovic
- May 29, 2008
Stealing some thunder from Citrix's recent XenDesktop unveiling, VMware has made several announcements aimed at strengthening partnerships with thin client suppliers.
- By Tom Valovic
- May 21, 2008
With a tiered pricing structure designed to undercut VMware's offerings, Citrix has announced the availability of XenDesktop, its much anticipated and discussed product offering in the increasingly important desktop virtualization arena.
- By Tom Valovic
- May 20, 2008
Hewlett-Packard has expanded its role in the desktop virtualization arena with new mobile thin client hardware, extended software offerings and deeper industry alliances.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- May 20, 2008
Citrix today announced a new Desktop Appliance Partner Program. Appliances and thin clients are important elements in the emerging value chain for hosted desktop virtualization solutions both in terms of end user expectations for performance and ease of installation.
- By Tom Valovic
- May 20, 2008
Microsoft today published a new release candidate (RC1) of its first enterprise-class hypervisor, Hyper-V. The release marks the next step of what has been a quick march to commercial availability for a critical product in Microsoft's emerging virtualization lineup.
- By Keith Ward
- May 20, 2008
Microsoft last week released a beta version of its Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool on the Microsoft Connect site.
- By Michael Domingo
- May 15, 2008
On Monday, VMware announced the release of two new virtualization management products: VMware Site Recovery Manager, a data and disaster recovery tool for datacenters, and VMware Stage Manager, designed for automating the delivery of virtualized applications and environments.
- By Becky Nagel
- May 13, 2008