This week's VMware at-a-glance news and analysis roundup includes Microsoft trying to poach VMware customers through a cutthroat promotion and VMware releasing new products and beta offerings.
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Microsoft,
Citrix lure VMware customers with cutthroat promo
It's obvious that there's no love lost between Microsoft and VMware. Case in point: a new Microsoft
and Citrix promotion that gives free licenses of XenDesktop VDI Edition to
users of VMware View, on the
condition that those customers ditch VMware's virtual desktop product. Find out all the juicy
details of Microsoft and Citrix's latest promotion in this SearchVirtualDesktop.com story.
Could
Microsoft Hyper-V usage boost VMware vSphere adoption?
This article highlights the vast philosophical differences, in terms of virtualization, between
Microsoft and VMware. Microsoft, for instance, emphasizes that IT managers should maintain the
status quo and expand upon existing equipment. This strategy could benefit VMware once companies
embrace virtualization and its numerous advantages over a traditional server infrastructure.
In this SearchVMware.com piece, Steve Kaplan makes a case that VMware sales will increase despite the ubiquity of Windows Server environments and Microsoft's "free" hypervisor.
ThinApp
4.5 launches as desktop-only tool
On the heels of Citrix System's release of XenApp 6,
VMware has launched ThinApp
4.5 -- an application virtualization product that can integrate with VMware View. Thin App 4.5
promises support for Windows 7 migrations and better overall performance, but it lacks some of key
features that partners were expecting. Check out this SearchITChannel.com story for more
information about VMware's application virtualization offering.
VMware
Workstation, Fusion betas go live
Beta versions of VMware's host-based virtualization products are available for download, including
Workstation 7.1 and Fusion 3.1. For more information on the litany of changes and improvements to
each VMware product, read this SearchServerVirtualization.com news brief.
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Keith Kessinger is the assistant editor of SearchServerVIrtualization.com and SearchVMware.com. . He is responsible for editing tips, creating editorial guides and recording podcasts. Prior to joining TechTarget, he graduated from Northeastern University in 2009 with a B.A. in journalism and minors in both economics and sociology. You can reach him at kkessinger@techtarget.com. |
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