Virtual machines outsell physical servers

Dave Bailey
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IDC study reveals that shipments of VMs exceeded those of physical servers in 2008

Virtualised systems to reach 60 per cent by 2013 Research by market intelligence firm IDC has revealed that for the first time ever shipments of virtual machines (VM) in Western Europe exceeded t...

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