Microsoft hypes virtualization tool, takes on VMWare
SUBIC BAY, Olongapo City -- Microsoft is making its Hyper-V software available with the forthcoming server version of Windows to compete with VMWare in the burgeoning market for virtualization tools.
Virtualization technology allows end-users to run multiple operating systems - either Windows or Linux and Unix – on a single server, thus maximizing hardware resources.
Microsoft said Hyper-V will be available in beta version bundled free with Windows Server 2008, to be launched officially April 10. The company will also launch new versions of its SQL Server database and Visual Studio for application developers.
Hyper-V will be made available separately – and will come with its own license fees - around six months after official launch of Windows Server, said Nicky Eala, Microsoft Philippines business group lead for server and tools.
This means Microsoft has intentions of making Hyper-V accessible even for non-Windows users who want interoperability with either Linux or Unix.
The standard edition of Windows Server includes a physical license and a "virtual" license, meaning the OS can be run in another hardware partition. Windows Server will have several editions, including enterprise and data center iterations, depending on the number of partitions the clients wants to run.
Citing internal Microsoft data, Eala said only three percent of all servers shipped in the last fiscal year have been virtualized.
"Our data shows 80 percent of our users are aware of virtualization but only half of that have actually tested it on their hardware," Eala said in an interview. Microsoft is doing a briefing of its forthcoming products held here.
"We are actually commoditizing virtualization," he added. "We were not the first to market but we have a solution that can compete with VMWare."
VMWare, which was acquired by storage maker EMC, has become more prominent with virtualization's rise.
As end-users begin to run advanced tools like business intelligence on their data warehouses, maximizing computing capacity out of existing resources becomes an issue for end-users.
Server vendors such as HP seek wider availability for virtualization. HP said it will come out with Proliant servers pre-installed with VMWare software this April.
Even before the launch, HP is already touting server support for Windows Server 2008 and its virtualization engine.
Eala believes this widens the options for end-users and for partners like HP, it helps grow their services business as more customers adopt virtualization.
"Bottomline, we satisfy interoperability," he stressed. "Our users have been asking for solutions that leverage on their existing resources. We are in the market, it comes default out of the box and they can try it readily." By Lawrence Casiraya - INQUIRER.net
Virtualization technology allows end-users to run multiple operating systems - either Windows or Linux and Unix – on a single server, thus maximizing hardware resources.
Microsoft said Hyper-V will be available in beta version bundled free with Windows Server 2008, to be launched officially April 10. The company will also launch new versions of its SQL Server database and Visual Studio for application developers.
Hyper-V will be made available separately – and will come with its own license fees - around six months after official launch of Windows Server, said Nicky Eala, Microsoft Philippines business group lead for server and tools.
This means Microsoft has intentions of making Hyper-V accessible even for non-Windows users who want interoperability with either Linux or Unix.
The standard edition of Windows Server includes a physical license and a "virtual" license, meaning the OS can be run in another hardware partition. Windows Server will have several editions, including enterprise and data center iterations, depending on the number of partitions the clients wants to run.
Citing internal Microsoft data, Eala said only three percent of all servers shipped in the last fiscal year have been virtualized.
"Our data shows 80 percent of our users are aware of virtualization but only half of that have actually tested it on their hardware," Eala said in an interview. Microsoft is doing a briefing of its forthcoming products held here.
"We are actually commoditizing virtualization," he added. "We were not the first to market but we have a solution that can compete with VMWare."
VMWare, which was acquired by storage maker EMC, has become more prominent with virtualization's rise.
As end-users begin to run advanced tools like business intelligence on their data warehouses, maximizing computing capacity out of existing resources becomes an issue for end-users.
Server vendors such as HP seek wider availability for virtualization. HP said it will come out with Proliant servers pre-installed with VMWare software this April.
Even before the launch, HP is already touting server support for Windows Server 2008 and its virtualization engine.
Eala believes this widens the options for end-users and for partners like HP, it helps grow their services business as more customers adopt virtualization.
"Bottomline, we satisfy interoperability," he stressed. "Our users have been asking for solutions that leverage on their existing resources. We are in the market, it comes default out of the box and they can try it readily." By Lawrence Casiraya - INQUIRER.net
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