HardwareMicrosoft exec now says virtual-management software due in September

The new date is a few months before the last announced ship time for Virtual Machine Manager.

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HardwareServer Management: The tried and true vendors vs. the new-idea startups

Start-ups selling server management, configuration management, process management are offering tools they say will improve reliability and performance as well as cut costs. But what are the risks and benefits of adopting tools from smaller vendors versus larger enterprises vendors? Should you wait for an interesting technology to get either acquired or officially adopted by the large vendor's partner network? Will a fast move to an emerging technology pay gains equal to the inherent risks?

HardwareMicrosoft shows off data center monitoring system

Ultimately, Microsoft would like to be able to distribute computational load in its data centers based on the temperature of servers.