VMware vs Microsoft Hyper-V: Is Red Hat In the Game?

Amid the virtualization war between VMware (NYSE: VMW) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), The VAR Guy continues to wonder: Can Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, based on the KVM open source platform, battle its way into a leadership position? The question is especially timely as Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) partners gather in San Diego for a major conference.

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst in June 2010 predicted VMware would suffer Sun Microsystems? fate. Much in the way that Linux leapfrogged Sun Solaris, open source virtualization would eventually leapfrog VMware, Whitehurst insisted.

Fast forward to the present and that prediction has yet to play out. VMware revenues continue to grow, and the company is firmly entrenched in corporate IT departments. Microsoft, meanwhile, has made some progress with Hyper-V. The Windows Server 2012 launch with an improved Hyper-V hypervisor has received upbeat feedback from channel partners and early customers, The VAR Guy has heard.

Red Hat, meanwhile, also has momentum but it?s difficult to pinpoint how much progress Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) has made in the market. At the partner conference, Red Hat is expected to spend considerable time explaining its open hybrid cloud strategy. Of course, RHEV is a core component of that effort. But Red Hat must also push its storage, middleware, IaaS and PaaS agenda.

Can channel partners digest all of that information? Hmmm?

Red Hat North America Channel Chief Roger Egan sure sounds upbeat about the overall partner strategy. And the latest RHEV 3 release has positive buzz in the market.

But overall, The VAR Guy thinks Red Hat can do far more to get the RHEV message out ? especially as the VMware, Hyper-V and Citrix Systems Xen businesses continue to generate significant growth.

Source: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=179091

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