| By Maureen O'Gara |
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| September 2, 2009 10:00 PM EDT |
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VMware started chasing small and mid-size customers Monday with a beta of VMware Go, a free web-based service that automates ESXi installation and configuration so first-time customers can get started with virtualization.
It’s supposed to “dramatically” simplify the process of virtualizing their applications down to a few mouse clicks.
Dan Chu presented at SYS-CON's 5th Virtualization Conference & Expo
VMware’s VP of emerging products and markets Dan Chu says, “We want SMBs who may be sitting on the fence to realize all the benefits of virtualization without burdening their limited IT resources.”
VMware claims ESXi is the industry’s most widely deployed hypervisor, with hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. It’s free too.
VMware developed Go in partnership with Shavlik Technologies, a member of its Technology Alliance Partner Program.
Go is expected to become generally available as a free service in 2010.
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.
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