VMware vSphere gets more gadgets

Server virtualization juggernaut VMware kicks off its VMworld fest in San Francisco today by rounding out its vCenter management tools for the new vSphere 4.0 stack, which wraps around the new ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor. The company is also launching a free Web-based, hosted management tool that will allow companies that use …

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Posted Monday 31st August 2009 20:02 GMT

Bruce 9

VMware Server has been free for years #

VMware Server has been free for years. Don't blame Citrix and Microsoft for following ...

Is this going to be another "blame Microsoft .... and ignore the free Netscape" piece of crap?

Posted Tuesday 1st September 2009 08:15 GMT

Anonymous Coward

Hmmmmm #

VMware server (formerly GSX) only went free after MS made Virtual Server a free product.

While these nice products are interesting, I have yet to see many companies actually buy them. The one I have seen most interest in (Site Recovery Manager) is obscenely expensive and isn't compatible with vSphere yet.

Although I think VMware is the superior product (and I consult on all this, Hyper-V and a little Citrix), if they don't do something about pricing, they will eventually suffer for it.

Posted Tuesday 1st September 2009 19:11 GMT

Bruce 9

Timing ... VMware went free first. #

VMware Server 1.0 went beta on February 6, 2006

http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/server_beta.html

Virtual Server 2005 R2 Ent went free on April 3, 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/apr06/04-03virtualizationqa.mspx

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