Virtually Valid
Microsoft's new hypervisor, (formerly called Viridian, and now Hyper-V) is nearly
a year away, but Redmond is already prepping support services, including a new
program to certify that
third-party
tools work with Hyper-V.
The virtualization market is in its infancy (even though you old mainframers
will tell me IBM big iron has had virtual machines for decades), so it's crucial
to prove what works with what.
In fact, the real battle will be for ISVs. Major virtualization companies are
building platforms, entire stacks of virtual technologies. Whoever can get the
most third-party support may ultimately become the platform. While Microsoft
is a genius at building third-party markets (and then tearing down the most
profitable pieces), VMware has a clear headstart.
Send your virtualization war stories to me at [email protected].
Posted by Doug Barney on November 26, 2007