At VMworld in Las Vegas, the talk was all about the free release of Redmond's hypervisor product. Plus, another executive departs the virtualization software company. Brett writes regular technology ...

VMware made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, though.

Microsoft launched a new service Thursday that replicates VMware private cloud and physical server workloads to its Azure cloud, for disaster recovery purposes. VMware customers can now replicate ...

Last week, Microsoft and Citrix unveiled their "Rescue for VMware VDI" promotion, which lets customers trade in their VMware View software licenses for the same number of Microsoft VDI Standard Suite ...

VMware Tuesday said it will offer the small-footprint version of its ESX virtualization software free, responding to pressure from Microsoft and other companies that are threatening VMware’s lead in ...

VMware offers a free version of its hypervisor, but with limited functionality. Microsoft offers Hyper-V, including advanced features such as live migration, as a free download. Customers planning big ...

Here at Virtualization & Cloud Review we've looked at the frankly terrible spot VMware customers have found themselves in lately here, here and here. In this article I'll lay out the options you have ...

Microsoft’s momentum in virtualization is growing quickly, as evidenced by September 8th’s “Get Virtual Now” virtualization extravaganza showcase. Microsoft announced Hyper-V Server 2008 will be free ...