Microsoft delays key virtualization pieces
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft has pushed back the release of the first public beta for Windows Server virtualization, code-named Viridian, from the first half of 2007 until the second half of the year so that it can meet its internal goals for performance and scalability.
Viridian is Microsoft's Windows hypervisor technology that will run beneath the operating system and manage resources for multiple virtual machines.
But Microsoft is way behind its Linux competitors on this front, as Red Hat and Novell's SUSE have both already integrated the Xen hypervisor technology into their server products.