By the numbers: The virtualisation options for private cloud hopefuls

VMware, Hyper-V" XenServer? The choice is yours

VMware, Hyper-V ... XenServer? When it comes to virtualisation, these are the three most frequently cited options. And this would have been OK in the days before cloud, when virtualisation was "just" something for the boys and girls down in the sysadmin branch of the IT department cared about. Now we do have cloud, and private cloud at that, everybody reckons they have a stake in deciding what's best."