{"id":11991,"date":"2012-01-09T12:21:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T12:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2012-01-09T12:21:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T12:21:59","slug":"idc-2012-will-be-vmwares-last-year-as-king-of-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11991","title":{"rendered":"IDC – 2012 Will Be VMware’s Last Year as King of the Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a look at the new features<\/a> of Windows Server 8 Hyper-V.  Now consider that these (and all of Hyper-V) are all built into your VM licensing and you don\u2019t actually have to pay for them.  Buying VMware is an additional cost.<\/p>\n

IDC released their predictions<\/a> for 2012 and #3 is:<\/p>\n

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2012 Will Be VMware’s Last Year as King of the Hill<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To be fair, IDC has also previously claimed that Windows Phone would grab the #2 spot in the market, ahead of Apple *ahem*<\/p>\n

But this is different.  Hyper-V right now beats VMware on price, and when you try to reduce VMware pricing, 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V beats VMware on functionality.  Windows Server 8 changes that field by dealing with the objections and by doing stuff that VMware doesn\u2019t. And don\u2019t forget that System Center (current and future) smack VMware\u2019s \u201cmanagement\u201d products around like a one-legged little person in a heavyweight MMA fight.<\/p>\n

Queue the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I look forward to moderating<\/em> the comments by VMware marketing \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: Hyper-V<\/a>,VMware<\/a>,Virtualisation<\/a>,Windows 8<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take a look at the new features of Windows Server 8 Hyper-V.  Now consider that these (and all of Hyper-V) are all built into your VM licensing and you don\u2019t actually have to pay for them.  Buying VMware is an additional cost. IDC released their predictions for 2012 and #3 is: 2012 Will Be VMware’s … Continue reading “IDC – 2012 Will Be VMware’s Last Year as King of the Hill”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[181,195,103,109],"class_list":["post-11991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyper-v","tag-hyper-v","tag-virtualisation","tag-vmware","tag-windows-8"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t