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Virtualization Windows Server
February 27, 2008Microsoft released the latest version of its Windows operating system for powerful servers on Wednesday, thrusting itself into the red-hot market for virtualization technology that allows one computer to act like many machines.
Windows Server 2008 marks Microsoft's first major challenge against VMware, the leader in virtualization, by building the technology into its core operating system.
For the time being, Microsoft will ship Windows Server 2008 with a test version of its Hyper-V technology, which adds an extra layer of software that sits between the operating system and hardware, but it expects to add the full feature to the software within six months.
Windows accounts for about two-thirds of shipments of computer-server operating systems, but Microsoft is considered a laggard in virtualization to allow servers to run Linux or Unix operating systems alongside its own software.
Virtualization is one of the fastest-growing segments of the software industry because it disrupts the traditional business model that marries one machine to one piece of software like an operating system.
Before the Windows Server launch, VMware announced on Tuesday an agreement to integrate its virtualization software into computer servers from Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM....
Source: internetnews.com
