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Colin Steele


April 27, 2009  6:34 PM

Open source hypervisors face an uphill battle



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Microsoft Hyper-V, Open source, Oracle, server virtualization, Sun Microsystems, VMware

VMware vs. Microsoft is the hot debate in virtualization these days, but what about proprietary vs. open source hypervisors? Forrester Research has an interesting take on that topic. The...

April 20, 2009  3:36 PM

Oracle-Sun: A threat to VMware?



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Oracle, Oracle VM, server virtualization, Sun Microsystems, Sun xVM

You may have heard this morning that Oracle acquired Sun...

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April 8, 2009  2:27 PM

VMware fires back against Microsoft’s mythbusters



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware

VMware and its supporters have made like Mr. Burns and released the hounds on Microsoft. The object of their ire is the "


April 6, 2009  2:32 PM

Microsoft’s ‘embarrassing’ Hyper-V vs. VMware video



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware

Microsoft has taken its virtualization marketing push and kicked it up a notch -- BAM! -- but it may be doing more harm than good. The company's new "