Red Hat: The Integrated Stack Is Critical

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1. Embedded virtualisation makes more sense than having a layer of software sitting below the operating system, says Navin Thadani When it comes to choosing a product to virtualise your data centre, the choice can be overwhelming. VMware’s vSphere is the undisputed leader in the market, and recent announcements at the company’s VMworld conference in Copenhagen show that the company is not only expanding its enterprise cloud portfolio, but also sharpening its focus on the small and medium business market. However, there are plenty of reasons not to choose VMware. As Microsoft points out, the recent changes made by VMware to its licensing model with the release of vSphere 5 earlier this year have upset some customers. Under the company’s new vRAM-based pricing, VMware now charges per virtual machine so, in theory, the more that customers virtualise their machines the more they end up paying. (Read Full Article)

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