VMware, Inc. announced that their VMware GSX Server product was selected as the winner of Network Computing's 12th Annual Well-Connected award, taking top honors in the Virtual Machine Software category.

For those people who aren't familiar with the Well-Connected Awards, they are unique because they are the only industry awards given by technologists based on real-world use and integration. The products selected for the Well-Connected awards are tested in an actual business environment and then judged by the Network Computing editors.

Don MacVittie, senior technology editor at Network Computing, said "GSX Server has better management tools and support for more operating systems than its competitors plus advanced virtual machine functionality, such as virtual CD-ROMs." He calls the product "an administrator's dream" when it comes to server consolidation.

The GSX Server product has officially come to an end, however, its successor product, VMware Server, is a freely distributed, feature-packed, entry-level server virtualization product that hopes to continue its success story.

Dan Chu, VMware's senior director of developer products, was pleased to receive the award. He remarked, "Over the last few months, we've seen hundreds of thousands of beta downloads for VMware Server, formerly known as GSX Server. By making VMware Server a free download, we've set the gold standard for all customers and users in terms of introductory virtualization, while also making available the option to add world-class management with VMware VirtualCenter and to upgrade our enterprise-class suite of products."

Posted by David Marshall on May 31, 2006 04:45 PM