Microsoft Revives Virtualization Push - The Diigo Meta page

• 24 Jan 08
  

  Bill H

  Few breakthroughs have swept high-end corporate computing faster than virtualization, a technology that helps companies make more efficient use of computers by shifting work among machines. But despite Microsoft's leadership in the area of high-end computing, Microsoft (MSFT) itself has been largely left out of the virtualization party

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  • a market that approached $1.3 billion last year
  • VMware takes in between 85% and 90% of the virtualization software market
  • That opens the door to VMware and other companies that develop not just for  Microsoft's Windows but also for the competing Linux operating system
  • Microsoft will announce the acquisition of Calista  Technologies, a San Jose (Calif.) maker of graphics technologies that will  enable full-fidelity desktop computing through virtualization without the need  for a high-end PC

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