The balkanization of virtualization will de-throne VMware, which doesn't mind a bit

ANALYSIS VMware is about to lose its status as the undoubted leader of the virtualization market after a 20-year reign – a result it doesn’t mind one bit, but which also signals an industry-wide end to significant innovation for traditional server virtualization. The end of VMware's reign will come slowly, then suddenly, between now and October 2027, a period that includes three dates that tens of thousands of VMware customers will have circled on their calendars to remind them of ideal deadline