VMware Rules Enterprise Virtualization

Microsoft has made a slight dent in the enterprise virtualization race but there is no doubt that the leader is VMware. As reported on Windows IT Pro, current market estimates show that the company holds about 75 percent of the enterprise virtualization market.

"Although Microsoft has made decent progress in the virtualization race, there's no doubt that the leader in enterprise virtualization is VMware. VMware has been in the virtualization business since the company released VMware Workstation 1.0 way back in 1999. In addition, VMware was the first to bring bare-metal hypervisor-based virtualization to the enterprise, with the release of VMware ESX Server in 2001. VMware has a sizable lead in the virtualization market; current market estimates show that the company holds about 75 percent of the enterprise virtualization market."

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