Eric Siebert, Contributor

Microsoft says VMware ESX costs too much, especially now that Hyper-V R2 includes free Live Migration. But what about the price of Microsoft’s OSes and Office productivity application? Also, will VMware beef up ESXi free edition at VMworld to rival Hyper-V R2?
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VMware buys SpringSource with Microsoft, Red Hat in mind

VMware’s recent acquisition of enterprise application development firm SpringSource laid bare its intentions to move beyond controlling access to physical hardware with virtualization and to move up the stack to applications. The shift could further usurp the role of traditional operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux.
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IT pro gets schooled in virtualizing a disaster recovery site

Through a variety of creative measures and much trial and error, our contributor and his team successfully converted the remote data center’s physical machines — without having anyone on-site.
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Scheduling VMworld sessions

In this blog post, a VMworld veteran offers his pointers for creating your VMworld schedule using the VMworld scheduler. He also offers session suggestions.
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