Microsoft is in the process of replacing its 2-year-old Azure RemoteApp service for a new solution that it is currently developing with strategic partner Citrix called XenApp "express."
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 12, 2016
Microsoft recently took the wraps off its new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) F-Series, aimed at organizations running "gaming servers, Web servers and batch processing."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 15, 2016
Microsoft recently put the spotlight on Shielded Virtual Machines (VMs), its datacenter security technology aimed at protecting workloads in public and private datacenters from "malicious administrators."
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2016
VMware, whose parent company is set to be acquired by Dell as part of the largest deal in IT history, reportedly began laying off employees this week, just ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings announcement.
- By Keith Ward
- January 26, 2016
Citrix, a company in the midst of a significant restructuring effort, signaled a return to its roots during this week's Citrix Summit partner conference in Las Vegas.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 13, 2016
Microsoft on Thursday released technical preview 4 (TP4) of Windows Server 2016.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 19, 2015
As part of a companywide restructuring plan, Citrix Systems Inc. this week announced that it is spinning off its "GoTo" product line and laying off about 1,000 employees.
- By Keith Ward
- November 19, 2015
Microsoft this week released the latest Windows 10 test build, which includes a preview of a new "nested virtualization" feature.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 14, 2015
In a deal that will reshape the IT landscape, Dell Inc. has agreed to acquire EMC Corp. for $67 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 12, 2015
According to the New York Times, Dell is in "advanced talks" to buy EMC, the parent company of VMware.
- By Keith Ward
- October 08, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new offering aimed at organizations with Azure virtual machines (VMs) that want to scale up their operations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 03, 2015
On Tuesday, Citrix announced that Mark Templeton, Citrix's president since 1998 and CEO since 2001, will retire after a successor has been chosen.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 28, 2015
VMware and Microsoft are the two undisputed leaders in x86 server virtualization infrastructure, according to Gartner's 2015 "Magic Quadrant" report.
- By Keith Ward
- July 21, 2015
Michael Fraser laid out the case in these pages a year ago for how Microsoft could shift its licensing to enable Desktop as a Service in the next year or two. We caught up with Fraser for a largely discouraging update on progress in the last year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- June 15, 2015
Perhaps you've heard the buzz about containers and how they're poised to become the next big thing in cloud computing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 20, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday launched Hyper-V Containers in a move aimed at letting developers build more scalable apps and advancing container technology to more deployment scenarios and workloads.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 08, 2015
Microsoft's new Azure RemoteApp service will be available for purchase starting Dec. 11, Microsoft announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 05, 2014
Microsoft on Monday launched new virtual machine (VM) sizing options for its Microsoft Azure cloud services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2014
The next version of Windows could have a new "virtual desktops" feature, according to reports this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 08, 2014
Enterprise users "overwhelmingly" prefer Macs over Windows PCs, according to a study commissioned by VMware and conducted by Dimensional Research.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 07, 2014