But its core app, called Hyper-V, won't be available until the second half of 2008.
Unless you are a business user you can safely ignore the BitLocker and Hyper-V stuff.
VMware says it doesn't have plans to change its pricing structure--even though analysts expect it to lower them before Microsoft releases Hyper-V.
Information on this and understanding the benefits of what private cloud has to offer are available at the Hyper-V Cloud site located here.
In fact, I believe boosting market share significantly for Hyper-V is an imperative for Microsoft to continue to remain relevant in virtualized operating systems.
More emphasis on Hyper-V-optimized storage solutions could be expected as well.
With Hyper-V, the benefit is that your IT organization can use their existing knowledge, server infrastructure, and applications in a virtualized environment while taking advantage of the efficiencies the technology provides.
"Many customers suggested they were unlikely to switch from VMware to Hyper-V at any price, since Hyper-V lacked virtual machine mobility as well as other higher-level features such as disaster recovery, " Rueppel wrote in an April 1 research note.
Wachovia analyst Phillip Rueppel says the beta version of Microsoft's Hyper-V isn't wowing customers because it lacks some critical features, such as so-called live migration, the ability to move operating systems and applications from one server to another while they're running.
The customers include Lionbridge, Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (LIPA), and EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffered Services, and the post focuses on how they use a combination of Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V server virtualization and System Center management tools to optimize their IT infrastructure and experience the benefits cloud computing has to offer.
For Microsoft customers, the great news is that we acknowledged this shift several years ago and began laying the foundation for it with our investments in public cloud offerings such as Windows Azure and by integrating private cloud technologies into our existing Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V virtualization and System Center IT management offerings.
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