Microsoft narrows gap with VMware

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VMware is holding onto its market-share lead in the x86 virtualization market but Microsoft is making a strong push with Hyper-V, IDC statistics show.

In the second quarter of 2008, VMware's virtualization revenue market share was 78%, down from 86% in the previous year's second quarter and identical to its share in this year's first quarter. Meanwhile, VMware's share of new shipments was 44% in the second quarter, down from 51% the previous year but up from 42% in the first quarter of 2008.

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