Microsoft to acquire virtualization company Kidaro

icrosoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire virtualization technology firm Kidaro for an undisclosed sum.Microsoft said Kidaro’s technology will be incorporated into its desktop virtualization product, which allows companies to deliver over an Internet network a “virtual” computer desktop different from the software running on the local machine.
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Microsoft to expand its Web services for businesses

Microsoft Corp, faced with Web rivals looking to poach its business customers, said on Sunday it plans to broaden the availability of its online services for e-mail and collaboration software.Last year, Microsoft started subscription-based online services to run its Exchange corporate e-mail program and SharePoint collaboration software on Microsoft’s own computer systems as an alternative [...]

Microsoft enters virtualization with Windows server

Microsoft Corp released the latest version of its Windows operating system for powerful servers on Wednesday, thrusting itself into the red-hot market for virtualization technology that allows one computer to act like many machines.Windows Server 2008 marks Microsoft’s first major challenge against VMware Inc, the leader in virtualization, by building the technology into its core [...]