VMware Versus Microsoft – Let the Battle Begin!
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Microsoft has recently announced it interest in pursuing the virtualization market that is today dominated by VMware. A new report from Forrester Research claims that Microsoft is organizing a huge amount of resources into creating – at the very least – a data center model that can respond dynamically and quickly to the needs of business.
But clearly a fire has been lit under Microsoft, which was comparatively late to the virtualization game, despite its 2003 purchase of Connectix. The moves come as virtualization is entering the mainstream on the server side and a looming presence on the desktop. Forrester said a recent survey showed half of businesses using server virtualization currently, with two-thirds planning to by next year.
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