This isn't VMware's first rodeo, as we say in Texas, and by the time any companies might begin to embrace Hyper-V, VMware will have produced another major version or two, ...

Both Hyper-V and VMware allow this task to be performed in a similar way. Just right-click on the VM, then choose either Settings (Hyper-V) or Edit Settings (VMware) from the shortcut menu.

Hyper-V’s dynamic memory, introduced in Server 2008 R2, is conceptually similar to VMware’s “overprovisioning.” The two work a bit differently, however.

Goldstein says Hyper-V, which comes lock, stock and barrel as part of Microsoft Server 2008, simply provides more bang for the IT buck than VMware. He says it's a more cost effective solution for ...

Looking at making the jump over to Hyper-V to avoid dropping 6 kilobucks for vmware essentials plus just to allow me to do shared nothing live migrations and manage all of my hosts from a single ...

Now Microsoft's coming in and saying we'll pay you to show Hyper-V instead of VMware," added the source. So far, Microsoft's efforts are paying off in terms of getting customers' eyeballs on Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 offer substantial performance and functionality enhancements over the previous editions, but support for non ...

Here's why Perlow thinks Hyper-V will give VMWare and Linux vendors a run for the money. He goes so far as to christen Hyper-V the potential "killer app" for Windows Server 2008.

In-Depth. vSphere vs. Hyper-V: Hypervisors Battle for the Enterprise. VMware has rolled out its first major new hypervisor platform in three years and introduces some features not yet in Hyper-V.

At the very least, the entrance of Microsoft and Hyper-V into a market in which Xen-based offerings are already giving VMware a run for its money means that the days of VMware as the no-brainer ...

As part of the RDP, Garcia had his team investigate shifting some or all of ABM’s virtualized workloads from VMware to Hyper-V 3.0. [Related: ...

Microsoft is shipping Hyper-V, which offers virtualization on the cheap, but VMware might still be the best option. With the release Thursday of Hyper-V as a free download to Windows Server 2008 ...