Posts Tagged ‘Hyper-V’

We should not forget that with a new version of Windows Server comes an updated Hyper-V (Hyper-V Server 2008 R2), this brings a wealth of new functionality and gives VMware’s equivalent a real kicking! “Market dominant VMware has something to fear.” -PC Magazine “Unlike VMware’s offering, [Hyper-V] Live Migration doesn’t cost extra and isn’t particularly […]

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 22:15 | 0 comments
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Did you know Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 has the final release of Hyper-V built-in? Well it does… Source: here

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 21:39 | 0 comments
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Update on the Virtualisation debacle: At long last Scott Drummonds from VMware has come to his senses and apologised in the VMware blog post: “I made a bad call. About a month and a half ago, I anonymously posted a YouTube video depicting a controversial test of Microsoft’s Hyper-V.  The video was a bit hyperbolic in […]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 16:18 | 0 comments
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In case it was not already clear Enda over at the TechNet Ireland Blog has just posted an article on OCS virtualisation-friendly roles. Source: here

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 at 17:19 | 0 comments
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Hello, this is Bryon Surace.  I’m a senior program manager on the Windows virtualization team at Microsoft. The recent announcement by AMD regarding the 6-core AMD Opteron processor (codenamed ‘Istanbul’) marks another milestone in AMD’s continued mission to create processors designed to provide performance, efficiency, and value. The newly announced 6-core AMD Opteron processor will […]

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 at 10:05 | 0 comments
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VMware in early May alleged that there was a fault under the hood of Hyper-V,  since this statement they have not been playing nice with Microsoft. The Microsoft Virtualisation Team is desperate to address any issues with Hyper-V by means of hotfix etc. but VMware have still not answered pleas from Jeff Woolsey (Principal Program […]

Monday, June 8th, 2009 at 09:12 | 0 comments
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