http://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes/archive/tags/dynamic+IT/default.aspxTags: dynamic ITen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes/archive/2009/04/21/microsoft-comments-on-vmware-vsphere-announcement.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 21:34:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3228799grantkd1http://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes/comments/3228799.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3228799<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Today, David Greschler, director of Microsoft virtualization and management, <A class="" href="http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/04/21/The-vSphere-Cloud-Operating-System_3A00_-Extra-Layer_2C00_-Extra-Cost_3F00_.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/04/21/The-vSphere-Cloud-Operating-System_3A00_-Extra-Layer_2C00_-Extra-Cost_3F00_.aspx">commented</A> on the announcement by VMware of their new “Cloud OS,” called vSphere.&nbsp; Greschler outlined Microsoft’s streamlined approach to virtualization - in which virtualization is included as a component of the operating system, as opposed to an additional layer – and how it enables a dynamic datacenter.&nbsp;Greschler said, “you don’t need an extra ‘cloud operating system’ to build a cloud running Windows Server. Just use Windows Server.”&nbsp;&nbsp;To see how Microsoft customer&nbsp;<A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/infrastructure/casestudies/casestudy.mspx?UuId=cc19c9ce-b56c-4eed-873e-91021e1ba317" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/infrastructure/casestudies/casestudy.mspx?UuId=cc19c9ce-b56c-4eed-873e-91021e1ba317">Kroll Factual Data</A></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">&nbsp;</SPAN>built their own private cloud<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">,</SPAN> and what customer </FONT></FONT><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-23LionbridgePR.mspx"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Lionbridge Technologies</FONT></A></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"> <SPAN lang=EN>did with their Virtual Cloud Lab, please visit the virtualization customer </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/casestudies/default.mspx"><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN">case studies site</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN">. And Greschler reminded customers to compare costs, stating, “VMware vSphere’s extra layer is approximately three to five times the cost of Microsoft’s solution, while just yesterday Zane Adam <A class="" href="http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/04/20/Live-Migration-and-Host-Clustering-available-at-no-charge-in-Microsoft-Hyper_2D00_V-Server-2008-R2.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/04/20/Live-Migration-and-Host-Clustering-available-at-no-charge-in-Microsoft-Hyper_2D00_V-Server-2008-R2.aspx">announced</A> in this blog that Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2, which includes live migration and high availability, will be free of charge.”<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN">To read the full post from David Greschler, please click </SPAN><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><A href="http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/04/21/The-vSphere-Cloud-Operating-System_3A00_-Extra-Layer_2C00_-Extra-Cost_3F00_.aspx">here</A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN">.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3228799" width="1" height="1">Virtualizationdynamic ITcloud