Microsoft accelerates virtualisation plans
News But Mike Neil, product unit manager for Microsoft's virtualisation technologies, is working to keep his company as responsive as possible. Already the company this week announced its Virtual Server product would be offered for free, matching the...
[April 5, 2006, 9:20]
Red Hat and Microsoft support mixed virtualisation
Blog Windows Server virtualisation chief Mike Neil said in the statement that the support would let customers "confidently deploy new applications and services". Red Hat customers have the flexibility to run their applications in environments that span...
[October 7, 2009, 17:40]
Microsoft holds fire on virtualisation beta debut
News A public beta version of Viridian — formally called Windows Server virtualisation — was set for release in the first half of 2007, but now won't appear until the second half of the year, said Mike Neil, general manager of Microsoft's...
[April 13, 2007, 10:37]
VMware cries foul over Microsoft virtualisation
News When asked for comment it pointed to a general statement by Mike Neil, Microsoft's general manager for virtualisation, which makes it clear that for Microsoft, the route to virtualisation is through a Microsoft operating system only — its next...
[February 27, 2007, 16:01]
Desktop virtualisation comes to the fore
News Microsoft also sees desktop virtualisation, in its many forms, gradually becoming more popular among general users, but general manager Mike Neil noted that the technology is still probably a long way from being used by the majority of mainstream...
[September 17, 2007, 15:27]
Born again: Clippy returns to haunt Office XP
News During a presentation demonstrating the programmability of the assistants using Office 97 Developer Edition, Microsoft product managers Neil Charney and Mike Risse demonstrated how to kill the Office assistant.
[June 1, 2001, 9:04]
Vista sales gaining momentum
News We think the adoption is pretty much at the rate commensurate with past releases," said Neil Charney, a general manager in Microsoft's Windows Client unit. They wouldn't be signing these agreements if they didn't have the intent to [deploy Vista...
[October 29, 2007, 14:59]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Perhaps Neil Armstrong could have beaten the buzz, but he'd have to have turned up in his working clothes. Then onto the stage springs a dapper figure in a neat white Sigmund Freud beard, a well-fitting grey three-piece suit, and a curious nearly...
[September 10, 2004, 18:30]
BEA aims to put businesses in touch with their data
News We like BEA's strategy of aggressively increasing the breadth of its infrastructure software stack," said Lehman Brothers analyst Neil Herman, in a report. So as you keep adding new applications and new databases, it gets more complex to try to...
[August 20, 2002, 13:32]
Microsoft cuts back on virtualisation features
News In a blog posting, the general manager of virtualisation strategy at Microsoft, Mike Neil, said the company is making some "tough decisions" to meet its schedule. Shipping is a feature too," Neil said.
[May 11, 2007, 9:36]
Citrix offers cut-down XenServer for free
News Microsoft also will work to ensure that a future release of Microsoft System Center will support Citrix XenServer for customers with mixed Hyper-V and XenServer environments," Mike Neil, general manager of virtualisation strategy at Microsoft...
[February 23, 2009, 13:47]
Manchester Airport launches staff biometrics
News HRS's chief executive, Neil Norman, added: "In particular this partnership shows how biometric systems, in this case a 25,000-user iris-recognition system, can really be implemented, resulting in significant and tangible benefits to a large-scale...
[January 23, 2008, 11:55]
UK Web shoppers' details exposed
News Neil Barrett, security expert and technical director at consultancy IRM, said: "This is a bit of a collector's piece. Mike Pullen, partner in the Regulatory Group at law firm DLA, said: "The information commissioner should be prosecuting in cases...
[August 13, 2002, 9:42]
Sun rebranding pushes the value of technology
News As a result, Neil Ward-Dutton, a director at MWD Advisors, described Sun's new initiative as "quite a smart idea" and one that others, especially in the software industry, would have to follow. Mike Thompson, a principal research analyst at Butler...
[June 2, 2005, 17:15]
