| Microsoft Announces Intent To Acquire Softricity |
| Tuesday, 23 May 2006 by Michel Roth | |||
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At WinHEC, which runs May 23-25 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center here, Bob Muglia. Microsoft’s senior vice president of the Server and Tools Business, will provide updates on Microsoft’s new virtualization solutions. Of special note: Intent to acquire Softricity Softricity’s application virtualization and streaming technologies provide application compatibility and accelerate corporate desktop transitions to Windows Vista. Windows Server virtualization Microsoft’s hypervisor-based solution is on track to be available with the upcoming Microsoft Windows Server “Longhorn” operating system. Microsoft anticipates having a beta release of Windows Server virtualization by the end of 2006 and plans to release to manufacturing (RTM) within 180 days of Windows Server “Longhorn” RTM. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Formerly code-named “Carmine,” this technology is a centralized, enterprise management solution for the virtualized data center. System Center Virtual Machine Manager is part of the System Center family of products and is due for beta release within the next 90 days. Microsoft anticipates release to manufacturing (RTM) in the second half of 2007. “Microsoft’s virtualization strategy contrasts with current alternatives for virtual machine management, which tend to be complex, expensive and require specialized skills,” says Muglia. “We look at virtualization as key technology to help customers achieve self-managing dynamic systems. Across the platform, operating system, applications and management layers we’re delivering functionality and capabilities that enable our customers to significantly reduce operating costs, drive up server utilization and achieve better ROI through full featured virtualization solutions.” Read the full press release here.
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