Virtualization’s March To Cloud Threatens VMware according to IDC
May 3, 2013
Grazed from ReadWriteWeb. Author: Matt Asay.
VMware has a firm if fading grip on the server virtualization market, but according to IDC analyst Al Gillen, virtualizaton serves as a convenient on-ramp to private cloud, which in turn leads to the public cloud. Is VMware paving IT’s path to Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace and other public cloud providers? Not exactly.
Virtualization: Still Relevant, Mostly VMware
According to Gillen, who spoke at the Open Business Conference (OSBC) in San Francisco earlier this week, VMware continues to dominate the virtualization market, with just under 60% market share. VMware’s installed base, coupled with CIO resistance to change, mean that VMware’s hold on virtualization should persist for years. That’s the good news…
The bad news is that VMware faces fierce competition from Microsoft’s Hyper-V, currently claiming over 25% of the market, as well as a strong and growing threat from KVM, now bolstered by a rising OpenStack. KVM deployments grew 50% last year, according to IDC. Xen, the other open-source virtualization alternative, remains robust but isn’t growing as fast, though its move to the Linux Foundation may help to revive its growth…
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