Large and small organizations have embraced server virtualization technology as a way to consolidate workloads. But what about Tier-1 application workloads? You know, transactional applications that depend upon high performance and multi-tier application communications? Virtualizing these types of applications is just beginning, even at organizations with lots of server experience. ESG Research indicates that more and more organizations are now willing to consider alternatives or run multiple virtualization platforms for different workloads. Microsoft is positioning Hyper-V to run the same play in server.”]