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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Product Overview: An Early Look

whitepaper Windows Server 2008 includes Hyper-V (formerly codenamed viridian), a powerful virtualization technology that enables businesses to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization without having to buy third-party software.

Tags: application servers

[03 Apr 2008]

HBA Virtualization Technologies for Windows Operating Systems Environments

whitepaper In the future, Microsoft will offer Windows Server Virtualization (previously code named Viridian) as part of the Windows Server Longhorn release. Microsoft offers Virtual Server 2005 R2, a software virtualization platform that runs most major x86...

Tags: virtualization

[28 Mar 2008]

Microsoft does bundling U-turn on hypervisor

News It will also sell the hypervisor - formerly code-named Viridian - by itself for $28. Microsoft has said it will sell its new virtualisation technology separately from its Windows Server OS, in addition to as a bundle - a reversal of its earlier...

Tags: hypervisor, virtualisation, microsoft, cnet news

[13 Nov 2007]

Far from quiet on the virtual front

Comment Couple that with Microsoft's impending Viridian release, as well as its interoperability agreements with Linux vendors incorporating Xen, and perhaps for the first time VMware could be facing some real competition in the hypervisor market.

Tags: viridian, xen, vmware, virtualisation

[05 Sep 2007]

Citrix snaffles XenSource for half a billion dollars

News He said Citrix could choose to compete head-to-head against Microsoft's forthcoming server virtualisation software called Viridian, or Microsoft could choose to use some of XenSource's software rather than develop itself.

Tags: viridian, xensource, citrix, virtualisation

[16 Aug 2007]

Windows Server 2008: Virtualisation is the key

News But analysts are predicting the virtualisation app - Viridian - will be key. Virtualisation will be the key to the popularity of Microsoft's long awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, analysts have predicted.

Tags: analyst, beta, server, microsoft

[12 Jun 2007]

Microsoft strips features from 'Viridian'

News Microsoft said on Thursday it is pulling features out of the initial version of its 'Viridian' hypervisor to avoid having to delay the virtualisation technology. The features will be included in a future version of Viridian, formally called Windows...

Tags: viridian, virtualisation

[11 May 2007]

Microsoft puts brakes on Viridian

News Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualisation software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian. A public beta version of Viridian - formally called Windows Server virtualisation - was set for release...

Tags: viridian, virtualisation, microsoft

[13 Apr 2007]

Slower growth for server shipments: IDC

News And Microsoft plans to release its own comparable technology, code-named Viridian, in 2008. IDC has lopped 4.5 million units off its forecast for the number of x86 servers to ship in the second half of the decade after concluding that...

Tags: server virtualisation, virtualisation, servers, idc

[21 Mar 2007]

Microsoft to 'virtually' support Linux

News Specifically, it said it is developing so-called hypervisor software, code-named Viridian, to host multiple operating systems on one machine. Microsoft will support customers who chose to run Linux with Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2, software...

[03 Apr 2006]

Northern Ireland firms get high-speed network

News Energis is to team up with Viridian Group, to build a high-speed network for Northern Ireland businesses. The £20m scheme will be based on the network of Northern Ireland Electricity, which is owned by Viridian.

[04 Mar 1999]

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