Who are the big players in the market?
All virtual server vendors have seen tremendous year-over-year growth, but, according to an IDC survey, the market is dominated by VMware, which had revenues of $310 million and controlled 55 percent of the virtual server market in 2005. Microsoft ($49 million in revenue) and SWsoft ($47 million in revenue) ranked next, with 8.7 percent and 8 percent of the market respectively. Xen rounded out the top four with $15.6 million in revenue, or roughly 3 percent of the market.
