Rick says

#1: Virtualization is more ]]> We found this old list on Techrepulic  by Rick Vanover and thought we would go through and freshen it up and add our perspective because technology moves quick and things change sometimes day to day.

Rick says

#1: Virtualization is more than just VMware
Sure VMWare is the current leader, but it has company in the server virtualization space as well as desktop virtualization. The newest player is Citrix XenServer. The XenServer Enterprise platform is quickly gaining features and management offerings rivaling those of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3), based on ESX 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5. The Hyper-V virtualization hypervisor is also going to be a player when Windows Server 2008 is released. Hyper-V will provide a similar offering to VI3 from the Microsoft perspective. The Hyper-V virtualization platform on Windows will also offer some desktop virtualization options that supplement the server virtualization platform.

We have personally implemented Citrix and can testify it’s not all VMWare all the time.  A third player he mentions above with the Hyper-V solution is Microsoft and is quickly moving up in the  market.  What is the difference?  Which one should your company, school or municipality use?

Give us a call and we can help you navigate which solution will work best for your situation.  You have to know where you came from, what your goals are for the future and how each one will impact your IT situation before we can make a good determination.  We don’t just sell the software, we implement it.  Experience matters.