Finally there is light at the end of Microsoft's virtualization tunnel. The Redmond giant Wednesday said the "Release Candidate" (RC) of its Hyper-V virtualization technology was "near- final" code. Microsoft on Wednesday also released a feature-complete beta of the product, which included updates from the beta that shipped in late February when Windows Server 2008 was released, according to a story by Network World's John Fontana. The code is due to became available after 10 a.m. PDT on Microsoft's Web site. Hyper-V will be the third hypervisor option on Windows Server 2008, alongside VMware, and Xen-based derivatives marketed by Citrix, Oracle, Red Hat and Novell. The technology has gone through numerous delays, but Microsoft said it's on track to ship it by August.

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