VMware Prepares for Hyper-V

ORLANDO, Fla.—Eric Horschman knows that the once-cozy relationship that VMware and Microsoft once enjoyed is about to change in the next few weeks. “We’re clearly about to go into direct competition with Microsoft with its Hyper-V technology,” Horschman, the director of product marketing for VMware, said in an interview here at the Microsoft TechEd 2008 […]

Written By: Jeffrey Burt
Jun 10, 2008
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ORLANDO, Fla.—Eric Horschman knows that the once-cozy relationship
that VMware and Microsoft once enjoyed is about to change in the next
few weeks.

“We’re clearly about to go into direct competition with Microsoft
with its Hyper-V technology,” Horschman, the director of product
marketing for VMware, said in an interview here at the Microsoft TechEd
2008 Professionals event.

Hyper-V is Microsoft’s upcoming virtualization technology. A source
close to Microsoft said Hyper-V will be released in early July, though
Microsoft officials will only say the technology will be released ahead
of the mid-August deadline they set for it.

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Jeffrey Burt has been a journalist for more than three decades, the last 20-plus years covering technology. During more than 16 years with eWEEK, he covered everything from data center infrastructure and collaboration technology to AI, cloud, quantum computing and cybersecurity. A freelance journalist since 2017, his articles have appeared on such sites as eWEEK, eSecurity Planet, Enterprise Networking Planet, Enterprise Storage Forum, Channel Insider, The Next Platform, ITPro Today, Channel Futures, Channelnomics, SecurityNow, and Data Breach Today.

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