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It outlines a vision for turning x86-based data centers into one big resource pool.
By Patrick Thibodeau
"Our strategy for now is to provide richer capabilities for our operating systems rather than provide some shallow capabilities for other platforms," said Balkansky.
What VMware doesn't provide, other management vendors may offer, King said—and cross-platform support will be needed. If vendors can't commonly manage one another's platforms, they will only make operations more complex, not less so, for users, he said.
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