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CEBU CITY—Microsoft
Philippines is banking on Windows Server 2008 to widen
its dominance in the server software market.
The
newly released program will allow the world’s biggest
software maker to venture into areas previously
dominated by competition, as in web virtualization and
high performance markets.
David
Lowe, group product manager for Windows Server, said
Microsoft Hyper V virtualization technology, introduced
in beta version in Windows Server 2008, allows various
programs and platforms to interoperate on an integrated
server role.
“We are
very confident that based on their positive feedback
that customers are very eager to adopt Windows Server
2008. This release allows us to move into some of the
markets [controlled by] Linux… like web and
high-performance applications,” Lowe said.
“In the
end, companies are looking for reliability and security
and we can give [them those too],” he added.
Windows
Server 2008 was formally launched in
Cebu Thursday along with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft
Visual Studio 2008.
Before
its formal release Windows Server 2008 have been tested
by early adopters in the Philippines that include Petron
Corp. and eTelecare Global Solutions Inc., said Lowe.
Microsoft Server 2003 remains the industry leader in the
Philippines with a 79-percent share of the market, said
Nicky Eala, Microsoft Philippines business group leader
for server and tools, quoting IDC figures. IDC is a
global research firm that focuses on information and
communication technology
With a
10 percent growth in the number of servers being shipped
into the Philippines, Eala said Microsoft is eyeing to
beat the industry average and get a bigger slice of the
pie.
“We have
a huge share even in the small enterprises segment, that
means businesses consider the benefits first before
looking at the price,” Eala told reporters.
Microsoft Philippines also sees potential for small
enterprises in the Philippines with Windows Server 2008
“We want to be able to grow as these companies grow in
size,” said Lowe. |
