Microsoft is preparing to release the new 2008 Windows Server system – which will be available to consumers Feb 27th of next year. Usually Microsoft leaves us in the dark about what they have prepared for us – but this time they have decided that the best of course of action is to lay it all out on the line.
All eight versions for Windows Server 2008 will be equipped in 32 bit and 64 bit editions. The Itanium version will only be available in 64 bit. Those businesses who are looking to save a few dollars can choose to use the Standard, Datacenter, and Enterprise editions without the Hyper-V technology (the server virtualization technology for Microsoft).
Here is what Bob Kelly – VP of Infrastructure Server Marketing and Andy Lees – Corporate Vice President of Microsoft – had to say about the new Windows Server 2008:
“With more than 1 million downloads and evaluation copies, we’ve built Windows Server 2008 based on a solid foundation of customer feedback, which is reflected in the product’s ease of management, security enhancements and overall reliability. The unprecedented range of customer choices and the virtualization enhancements will help customers tailor solutions built to fit virtually any business need.”
“What we are trying to do enable customers to live in world where they treat all compute resources — such as CPU cycles, storage, networking — as a single blob while providing a consistent way of maximizing effectiveness and utilization while reducing costs for IT and making things more automated for IT, and virtualization is the key piece of technology to enable that.”
“As more customers deploy and virtualize Windows-based applications on Windows Server 2008 or other server virtualization software, this program will help ensure that customers receive a joint support experience for their physical and virtual infrastructure deployments.”
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