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More than 20 partners announce plans for Microsoft virtualization solutions 
8 September, 2008

On Monday, more than 20 partners announced plans for Microsoft virtualization solutions, with Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 available within 30 days. Vendor announcements included the following:
* AMD announced the availability of new virtualization solutions
powered by a combination of technologies from AMD and Microsoft,
using AMD Opteron(TM) processors with AMD Virtualization(TM)
(AMD-V).
* Compellent Technologies Inc. announced its customer Munder Capital
Management, a $28.5-billion financial investment firm, has amplified
the benefits of data center virtualization by implementing the
company's storage area network as the foundation for Windows Server
2008 Hyper-V-based computing platforms.
* HP announced that its recently updated portfolio of servers,
storage, software and services is ready to drive business value into
Microsoft virtualization environments.
* NetApp announced new storage solutions optimized for Windows Server
2008 Hyper-V and enhanced integration with Microsoft's suite of
management tools, to include System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
* Sun Microsystems Inc. announced new and significant developments in
its cross-platform virtualization initiatives with Microsoft,
including validation that Sun xVM Server software will work with
Windows Server 2008 and previous versions, plans to offer customers
the Solaris Operating System as a certified guest on Windows
Server 2008 Hyper-V, and Sun's expanded support for Microsoft
technologies by providing Sun Ray thin-client customers with the
ability to access Windows as a guest operating system running on
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
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