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VIRTUALISATION VMware gives its ESXi Hypervisor away for free
VIRTUALISATION VMware gives its ESXi Hypervisor away for free | VMware gives its ESXi Hypervisor away for free |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Tuesday, 29 July 2008 | |
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According to VMware the stand-alone ESXi hypervisor will immediately become available at no cost to companies of all size. Although obviously the intention is to attract the smaller companies with smaller budgets in order to introduce them to the advantages of virtualisation. Featured Whitepaper
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VMware has been in the hypervisor business since 2001, and has in excess of 120,000 customers which, the company claims, makes it the industry’s "most popular and reliable" hypervisor product. The ESXi version was launched towards the end of 2007, and represents the third-generation of VMware hypervisor. So this is actually a real opportunity to get a current and valid hypervisor for free, rather than some dated and soon to be discontinued nonsense as you many might have expected. Leading server manufacturers such as Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM and NEC have all embedded VMware ESXi. Indeed, VMware even announced the ESXi 3.5 update 2 version today, which has the smallest industry footprint and meets the criteria for mass distribution in that it has been battle tested for six months to ensure stability and maturity. What does Gartner have to say about the free hypervisor, and where do Microsoft and Citrix fit into the market puzzle? Read page 2 to find out... CONTINUES |
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