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With the new offerings, MicrosoftMicrosoft expects to transform the local technology landscape as organizations in Qatar get set to adopt the latest technology solutions and get virtual. The company also showcased the next version of its data platform, the SQL Server 2008 and the feature rich browser plug-in, Silverlight 2.0.

"Now is the time for customers to get virtual," said Ahmer Hassan, Server and Tools, Business Group Lead, Microsoft GulfMicrosoft Gulf.

According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualisation Tracker, Microsoft Hyper-V is growing rapidly and has a market share of 23 percent of new shipments when combined with Virtual Server 2005.

With nearly 1.5 million copies of the Hyper-V pre-release version distributed globally, customer interest in virtualisation is moving from evaluation to the deployment phase.

As a feature of Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V is available as a free web download and is designed to provide customers with familiar and cost-effective virtualisation infrastructure software that can help reduce operating costs, increase hardware utilization and optimised infrastructure.

Hyper-V provides a simplified, reliable and optimised virtualisation solution for customers to consolidate workloads onto a single physical server or to run client operating systems in server-based virtual machines in the data center. With management being the core component of virtualisation, the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, enables customers to configure and deploy new virtual machines and centrally manage their virtualized infrastructure.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Silverlight 2.0. SQL Server 2008 provide powerful new capabilities for business-critical applications and is a key component of the Microsoft Application Platform that is designed to help customers build, run and manage dynamic business applications.

According to a September 2008 report conducted by Forrester Research, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 already has the strongest combination of price, performance, manageability, security and productivity. The latest version offers hundreds of new features that boost the productivity of database administrators, improve support and enhance security. Silverlight 2.0 is the industry's most comprehensive and powerful solution for the creation and delivery of applications and media experiences through a Web browser.

MohammadHammoudi, Country Manager, Microsoft QatarMicrosoft Qatar said, "These new products help customers more efficiently and securely manage their entire infrastructure and move to a virtualised environment. The launch demonstrates MicrosoftMicrosoft's long-standing commitment to our customers and partners in Qatar.

MicrosoftMicrosoft's new technology solutions are the most powerful platforms that a business needs to achieve significant productivity and efficiency benefits along with a dynamic technology infrastructure."

With its strong partnerships, MicrosoftMicrosoft is committed to understanding the business and technology needs of customers in the Gulf. HP, Intel, AMD, Citrix and Dell are the launch partners and work closely with MicrosoftMicrosoft to set the industry standard to deliver the future of enterprise computing technologies globally and in the region.

Together, these industry giants offer the foundations for a truly dynamic data center that is able to deliver unparalleled business agility.

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