This Week in Virtualization: Oct. 9, 2009

Top story: Parallels releases a new bare-metal hypervisor that will compete with VMware and Citrix in the cloud computing market.

Also: VMware Site Recovery Manager 4 supports vSphere.

Hypervisor Huddle: Microsoft on Hyper-V R2, licensing, Live Migration, Systems Center and VMware

Matt McSpirit, a partner technology advisor for Microsoft, talks about Microsoft Systems Center and managing virtual environments, when Hyper-V may be a better option for a business than ESXi Free Edition, how R2 users may be able to use Fault Tolerance, Hyper-V R2 Live Migration licensing restrictions, how Microsoft sees VMware, and the truth behind the mud-slinging blogs.

This Week in Virtualization: Oct. 2, 2009

Top story: SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson talks about the VMware-SpringSource acquisition — how it came to be, its effects on systems administrators and application developers, and what it means for the future of virtualization.

This Week in Virtualization: Sept. 25, 2009

Top story: Thanks to Microsoft licensing, your hands are tied when it comes to live migration. Expert Rob McShinsky discusses.

Also: VMware and Microsoft are pulling away from the field in the server virtualization market.

This Week in Virtualization: Sept. 18, 2009

Top story: Experts Rick Vanover and Eric Siebert discuss how to develop your virtualization skills, which can command a significantly higher salary.

Also: More admins are warming up to the idea of virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server.

Hypervisor Huddle: 30% of VMware users also using Hyper-V, XenServer

VMware users are now also using Hyper-V, XenServer and open source flavors of Xen in test and production. Plus: consolidation is no longer the top reason to virtualize, and more.

This Week in Virtualization: Sept. 11, 2009

Top story: VMware ISVs say the company is cooperating with them less and competing with them more.

Also: Vizioncore jumps on the free virtualization management bandwagon.

This Week in Virtualization: Sept. 4, 2009

Top story: Expert Greg Shields and VMware consultant Lew Smith recap the desktop virtualization and cloud computing news from VMworld 2009.

Also: Find out who took home the Best of VMworld Awards.

This Week in Virtualization: Aug. 28, 2009

Top story: Virtualization expert Eric Siebert talks about the hot topics and must-attend sessions at VMworld 2009.

Also: Microsoft releases System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 to manufacturing.

Hypervisor Huddle: VMware calls Hyper-V R2 a ‘nonevent’

VMware Director of Product Marketing John Gilmartin talks about VMware’s overall strategy, Hyper-V R2 and more.