With the pending launch of Microsoft's virtualization hypervisor, Hyper-V, in the next couple of months, battle lines are being drawn.
In Microsoft's corner is Citrix, a company that has become an important part the virtualization industry since it acquired open-source virtualization trailblazer XenSource. In the other corner is VMware, which is scrambling to take advantage of the time it has left to create a wider gap with its encroaching competitor.
Simon Crosby, the CTO of the Virtualization and Management Division at Citrix, can't wait for Hyper-V to arrive. "The sooner that happens, the better," he said.
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