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Microsoft, Citrix, Novell and Sun Microsystems all made announcements around virtualisation overnight.
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The talk of this year's VMworld conference in Las Vegas was how much of a competitive threat Microsoft, which weeks earlier announced the free release of its hypervisor product, will prove to virtualisation leader VMware.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks about Microsoft's move into virtualisation and shares his thoughts on increasing the overall market and how his company differs from VMWare.
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Lenovo's RD210 makes perfect sense if you're a small business that just needs a grunty all-purpose 1RU server.
SCVMM 2008 R2 is a very competent product, neatly bringing Microsoft's virtualisation management offering in line with the competition at the same time as offering management of disparate platforms in the one product. The integration with the rest of the Systems Center suite makes the overall management and monitoring experience better than its rivals.
Designed for use with server-based desktops such as Terminal Services, Citrix and VMware View, HP's t5730w is an excellent mid-range device suitable for most office applications.
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