VMware shakes up the virtualization market, find out why and the implications

VMware potentially changed the virtualization software market by announcing that the upgrade to their GSX Server product would be made available for free to anyone that wants it.

On Monday of this week (February 6, 2006), VMware, long considered the market leader for virtualization software, potentially changed the virtualization software market by announcing that the upgrade to their GSX Server product would be renamed VMware Server and made available for free to anyone that wants it. This download discusses why the company decided to make this strategic change and what that decision means to the virtualization software market and Vmware's competitors.

What virtualization software do you use? How important is virtualization to your organization? What impact will this announcement by VMware have on your organization?This download is also available as a TechRepublic article.