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Virtualization leader VMware is feeling the Microsoft effect. In hopes of countering the demand for Microsoft’s $28 Hyper-V hypervisor Windows Server 2008 plug-in, VMware has just announced that it will change the price on its competing ESXi hypervisor on July 28 from $495 to $0. Over the last several months, VMware has had to deal […]

Exact numbers aren’t available, but this week, Microsoft doubled the number of signups it will allow in its beta, or “technology preview,” of the Live Mesh service to anyone with a Windows Live ID.
Users can sync their files and data across multiple devices through feeds and access free online storage (also see this week’s MobileMe […]

Microsoft’s software-plus-services strategy saw the addition of a host (pun intended) of online services today, announced at its Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston.
Microsoft Online Services will include Sharepoint, Exchange, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Office Communications, Office Live Meeting and Exchange Hosted Filtering. Now Microsoft must begin managing the expectations of its partners, some of whom […]

I was struck by the uniform reactions to Microsoft’s Hyper-V announcements this week and then its communications on its service-oriented architecture (SOA) progress. You’d be hard-pressed to find two hotter corners of IT, other than perhaps “green tech,” and the general consensus appears to be that Microsoft gets the former surprisingly well and still completely […]

Emil Protalinski at Ars Technica points out a job posting at Microsoft for a Windows 7 public relations manager. Check it out. A couple of observations strike me right off the bat: The requirements for this position seem less demanding than I would otherwise guess, considering that the company message for this product will be […]