Microsoft claims Hyper-V has 24% virtualization market share

VMSpotlight — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:17:12 GMT

This story first appeared on Virtualization.info today.

Last week the authoritative news service of Dow Jones reported that Microsoft Hyper-V now has 24% of the virtualization market share.

The claim comes from Microsoft itself, specifically from Kevin Turner, the company COO, that said:

"We launched our first product in October of this past year. From then till now, we gained 24 points of market share against a very, very formidable competitor."

VMware didn’t provide an official reply to Dow Jones, but answered to the virtualization.info inquiry by saying that there’s no evidence they are aware of to support this statement.

There’s lots of speculation as to whether this is “actually true”. If it is the case this would be a giant leap for Microsoft. Last time somebody checked the reports were pretty different:

In March 2008 Gartner reported that the Microsoft market share was equal to 7%.
In October 2008 IDC reported that the Microsoft market share was equal to 23%, but that number was obtained by aggregating the distribution of Hyper-V and Virtual Server

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Hyper-V Security Guide

VMSpotlight — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:00:13 GMT

This info came from a recent post on the Microsoft Virtualization User Group UK blog.

It’s about the Hyper-V Security Guide at TechNet. The document is 41 pages long covering all security problems you should consider when deploying Hyper-V in your environment.

This is a must-read for every system administrator who is considering deploying Hyper-V, so check out the direct download Hyper-V Security Guide from Techet.

The Hyper-V Security Guide provides IT professionals with guidance, instructions, and recommendations to address key security concerns about server virtualization.

Microsoft Hyper-V technology allows consolidation of workloads that are currently spread across multiple underutilized servers onto a smaller number of servers. This capability provides a way to reduce costs through lower hardware, energy, and management overhead while creating a more dynamic IT infrastructure.

The Hyper-V Security Guide can help you elevate the security of virtualized Windows Server environments to address your business-critical needs.

Read the full post here: http://virtualization-spotlight.com/hyper-v-security-guide/

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Microsoft claims Hyper-V has 24% virtualization market share

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