Opinion: Microsoft starts virtualization hype blitz

Sept. 8 marks Microsoft's virtualization 'launch' is working hard to gin up some excitement about its "virtualization launch" event on Sept. 8. Given that virtualization has been out of the paddock for quite a while and that Microsoft's own hypervisor is actually out on the market, it's hard to figure why Microsoft should be re-launching virtualization as a concept. The lead news items at the Microsoft launch... [read full story]