﻿ Is Microsoft's Hyper-V in Windows Server 8 finally ready to
compete with VMware? | ZDNet   Summary: Microsoft's built-in
virtualization in Windows 2008 Server R2 has so far been unable
to attain significant enterprise penetration. But all of that
could change with Windows Server 8.  If you've been following my
writings on ZDNet for the last several years, you've probably
realized by now that I am something of a virtualization and
server technology junkie.  In my day job as a systems
integration professional, I spend a great deal of time with
these technologies, helping my customers attain greater server
efficiency and density in their datacenters.  Figuring out how
to fine-tune and optimize server and datacenter infrastructure
is what I do, and in doing so I get to play with any number of
virtualization and server operating stacks from all kinds of
vendors. This includes Mid-range UNIX and mainframe
virtualization stacks, VMware vSphere and also to a much more
limited extent, Microsoft's Hyper-V.  It's actu