Microsoft Teams with Citrix, Enables new Functionality in Vista to Better Compete with VMWare for Virtualization Market

The Mercury News reports today that Microsoft will unveil a new Virtualization Strategy tomorrow to better compete with VMWare – the current Virtualization Solution market leader. The article goes on to state that Microsoft will announce its alliance with Citrix Systems and its purchase of Calista Software of San Jose, in addition to allowing for the first time the ability for consumer versions of Windows Vista to run in a virtual environment.

According to the article, Microsoft stated that its alliance with Citrix includes a co-marketing agreement, and it will use Calista’s software to speed up the performance of applications running in a virtualized environment.

VMWare of Palo Alto California had the best performing Silicon Valley IPO last year, and is majority owned by EMC. See the entire article here.

This article continues to reinforce the importance and impact that Virtualization and Software as a Service will have as organizations continue to seek out new ways to cut operating costs. For two excellent resources on SaaS and upcoming IT and MSP Trends, visit Jeff Kaplan’s site www.thinkstrategies.com, and Joe Pannettieri’s www.mspmentor.net.

Erick Simpson
MSP University
www.mspu.us