VMware Loosing Market Share To Microsoft’s Hyper-V

The virtualization pioneer VMware announced plans to to launch a line of new products in 20o9 in an effort to fight slowdown of IT spending. the company that reported growth in 4th quarter of 2008 of 25% also said that its expectations for the first-quarter on 2009 are much weaker.

VMware is planning major upgrades around server virtualization and cloud computing. The company is about to launch a “major update” of server virtualization products. It will be also unveiling new management and automation products, enhancements to its desktop virtualization offerings, as well as a significant upgrade to its vCloud technology.

VMware is a company that created the virtualization market as we know it today. Its rivals Citrix, and Microsoft however have agressively entered the market and increased their influnce.

In its recent survey the research firm IDC said that VMware accounts for 78% of the x86 virtualized server market, but stressed that Hyper-V technology is welcomed by businessess.

VMware’s ESX and VMware Server products account for 44% of new x86 virtual server licenses, although Microsoft’s Virtual Server 2005 and Hyper-V technology has 23% of the market.