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Q&A: Bringing the Benefits of Virtualization Technology to the Mainstream |
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Written by Hans Straat,
Tuesday, 04 April 2006
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Microsoft delivers Linux support and makes Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 available to customers at no charge as part of its ongoing effort to radically simplify IT management.
REDMOND, Wash., April 3, 2006 -- Today at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Microsoft announced several new developments in the area of virtualization, a nascent technology that can help customers dramatically reduce their information technology (IT) infrastructure costs. Virtualization technology enables organizations to shave their IT costs through server consolidation, disaster recovery, re-hosting of legacy applications, and software test and development. In conjunction with today’s announcements, PressPass sat down with Zane Adam, director of product marketing in the Windows Server Division at Microsoft to understand how the news aligns with the company’s efforts to make server virtualization technology more accessible, manageable and affordable. Adam also discussed the role that virtualization technology plays in achieving Microsoft’s larger vision of self-managing, dynamic systems. read full article (linked article) |
