Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Microsoft & RedHat sign deal on Virtualization interoperability

Red Hat and Microsoft have signed reciprocal agreements today to enable increased interoperability for the companies' virtualization platforms. Each company will join the other's virtualization validation/certification program and will provide technical support for their mutual server virtualization customers.

Server virtualization is moving towards the commodity model and this is a natural transformation. Crucially, Red Hat's interoperability deal with Microsoft does not include any patent covenants.