Simon Crosby previously said on my podcast that the hypervisor should be free and now we know he really means it, and more. (Check out Simon’s most recent podcast appearance.) Just as Microsoft’s ...

VMware made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, though.

Hewlett-Packard on Monday rolled out a new generation of mid- and high-end Unix-based servers powered by its sx2000 chip set, code-named Arches, along with improved virtualization and management ...