Partner Quotes
Read what some of our partners have to say about Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.
“Dell is delivering server, storage and services solutions optimized for virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V Server and System Center - integration that truly simplify virtualization deployments. By coupling these business-ready virtualization solutions, customers can realize a smarter path to virtualization that eases the managing of both their heterogeneous physical and virtual environments”.
Rick Becker, Vice President, Software and Solutions
Dell Inc.
“Hyper-V technology from Microsoft, imbedded in our PRIMERGY servers, will enable our customers to build flexible and agile systems in virtually any business environment, while leveraging existing IT assets. Microsoft Hyper-V Server with PRIMERGY Servers will be essential to fulfilling customers’ need to build cost-effective and robust IT infrastructure. Based on our strong partnership with Microsoft we continue to provide our enterprise customers with innovative virtualization solutions that accelerate their system consolidation from entry to mission-critical segments.”
Kazuhiro Igarashi, Corporate Vice President, President of Personal Systems Business Unit
Fujitsu Ltd.
“Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server is complementary to the design of our PRIMERGY server family and the Fujitsu Siemens Computers virtualization strategy. The combination will not only offer midsize and enterprise customers cost-effective and convenient virtualization solutions that are ready to go once the server is powered up, but virtualization will also open the path to achieve energy savings as well as savings on operating costs.”
Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Server Business
Fujitsu Siemens Computers
“Hitachi has been providing enterprise-class virtualization solutions for Windows on Hitachi’s Virtage on BladeSymphony to enhance flexibility and efficiency for customers’ IT systems, through our strong partnership with Microsoft. Hitachi believes that by introducing Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server, Hitachi can respond to broader customer requirements by offering a wider variety of virtualization solutions from departments to enterprise datacenter systems.”
Masaya Watanabe, President, Enterprise Server Division
Hitachi Ltd.
“The combination of Microsoft Hyper-V Server, industry-leading HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, and our comprehensive services portfolio provides customers an adaptive infrastructure that is simple to operate, reliable and cost-effective. HP plans to support customers in the adoption of Microsoft Hyper-V Server by delivering solutions that help them realize the benefits of a virtualized environment.”
Scott Farrand, Vice President, Industry Standard Server Software
HP
“IBM and Microsoft have provided innovative server solutions to midsize and enterprise customers for more than 10 years. Together, we’re working to help mutual customers manage complexity, increase agility and reduce energy consumption. As Microsoft brings embedded virtualization to market, IBM System x will continue to partner with Microsoft to offer our customers easier access to value-added virtualization solutions and the cost, security enhancement, availability and energy efficiency advantages they deliver.”
James Northington, Vice President, Business Line Executive, IBM System x
IBM Corp.
“As a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, Lenovo has been developing server products of excellent quality and product differentiation. We have tested Microsoft’s new Hyper-V Server on our servers, and both the Lenovo solutions team and our customers believe the combination is delivering a solution with better agility, lower cost and optimized power consumption. We look forward to the final release of the products.”
Hong Niu, General Manager, China Server Business, Greater China
Lenovo Group Ltd.
“NEC has long been collaborating with Microsoft to provide optimal solutions for enterprise customers. We believe Microsoft’s announcement of Hyper-V Server is a great milestone to address the market trend to utilize virtual environments in enterprise systems more widely. NEC continues to collaborate with Microsoft to provide optimized virtualization solutions for enterprise customers, based on Express 5800 servers and NEC Sigma System Center.”
Masato Yamamoto, Executive General Manager, Computer Software Operations Unit
NEC Corp.
“Through our continued strong relationship, Microsoft and Unisys have consistently provided virtualization solutions that help customers simplify complexity and make their IT infrastructure more agile. We’re working with Microsoft to provide virtualized and consolidated solutions with integrated management of both physical and virtual assets across datacenters and desktops. We expect that Microsoft Hyper-V Server will provide our joint clients with a consistent and cost-effective means to rapidly provision new services and better manage their IT infrastructure resources.”
Rich Marcello, President, Systems and Technology
Unisys Corp.