iTWire - Microsoft has troubled road ahead with virtualisation

Microsoft has troubled road ahead with virtualisation

by Stan Beer
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Page 3 of 3 "The Redmond giant also argues that Hyper-V will be cheaper than VMware’s hypervisor. But any price comparisons must involve an assessment of the management tools that customers will also need to buy – and their functionality. Microsoft is already in damage control mode." In addition to Stammers views on cost, it's going to be hard for Microsoft to play the price card against a competitor that has successfully demonstrated to clients that it already pays for itself many times over. As is the case in the Internet space, it looks like troubled times ahead for Microsoft on the virtualisation front. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Hypervisor Microsoft Stan Beer VMware Virtualisation Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page < 1 2 3 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

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