Thoughts on today's virtualization licensing and support news
Published 19 August 8 3:1 PM | Windows Virtualization Team Blog
Today we announced some changes to server application licensing and support policies related to running MS server apps on top of anyone's hypervisor. Several folks have written or blogged about it, here are some: Chris Wolf (Burton Group) Virtualization.info NetworkWorld Windows IT Pro Thoughts on application mobility licensing As of Sept. 1, 41 Microsoft server applications are covered, both per...
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Vulnerability Management Needed for Security, Study Says
Published 18 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Companies can avoid attacks and minimize security cost overruns by practicing IT vulnerability management, according to a July study published by the Aberdeen Group. Read More...
Microsoft Changes Virtualization Licensing Rules
Published 18 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Microsoft has made substantial changes to its virtualization licensing program, changes that will lower the cost of using virtualization for many customers. Read More...
Windows 7 Gets a Blog
Published 13 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Microsoft's team developing the Windows 7 operating system has come out with a new blog called "Engineering Windows 7." Read More...
VMware's Updates Cause Problems, CEO Apologizes
Published 12 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Yesterday, August 12, was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2." Read More...
WSUS Blocking: A Real Problem, Microsoft Says
Published 12 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Microsoft yesterday closed its investigation into an update blocking issue, disclosed in June, that affected users of Microsoft Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) 3.0 or Microsoft WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1. Read More...
Microsoft Virtualization Launch Planned for Fall 2008
Published 11 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Microsoft today announced a launch event for its virtualization products, scheduled for Sept. 8, 2008 in Bellevue, Wash. Read More...
Microsoft's August Patch Brings 11 Security Fixes
Published 11 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Microsoft's August patch, slated to be the largest patch rollout since 12 bulletins hit users in February of 2007, came up one short of that record with today's release. Read More...
VMware Teams Up With Linux Foundation
Published 6 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
VMware joined the Linux Foundation on Monday. Read More...
Seven Critical Fixes Expected on Tuesday
Published 6 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
IT Pros and system administrators will be mighty busy this month as Microsoft announced on Thursday that it plans to release 12 patches for its monthly security bulletin rollout. Read More...
IBM Touts Linux Strategy with New Virt, SuSE, Supercomputer Intiatives
Published 5 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. -- IBM made several announcements Tuesday at the annual LinuxWorld conference, introducing a new series of products, services and initiatives that the company says will "further expand IBM's commitment to Linux and open source by enabling the next generation of Linux." Read More...
Tuesday Patch Cycles To Include Risk Assessments
Published 5 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
Microsoft is initiating a new security notification approach, the company announced on Tuesday at the Black Hat security conference. Read More...
Guest Post: MaximumASP and Hyper-V
Published 5 August 8 11:31 AM | Windows Virtualization Team Blog
Hi, my name is Dominic Foster, Chief Technology Officer at MaximumASP, which is a web hosting and IT services provider that sells/markets/services Microsoft technologies to the SMB business market. A core element of the MaximumASP business model is a complete commitment to exclusively offering hosting solutions that deliver Microsoft technologies. This overall market and product focus has been the...
VMware Makes SMB Play with New Partner Program
Published 4 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position in this segment, VMware has announced a new initiative dubbed the System Builder Program Read More...
IBM Makes Large Cloud-Computing Investment
Published 4 August 8 5:0 PM | Virtualization Review | News
IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources. Read More...
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