VMware Takes Aim at Microsoft

SAN FRANCISCO - With its market dominance under assault, VMware(VMW Quote) came out slugging Monday with a product roadmap intended to put Microsoft(MSFT Quote) on the defensive.

At the company's annual conference in Las Vegas, VMware shifted the conversation away from server operating systems by announcing products for virtualization at the data center level.

The roadmap also calls for products for cloud-computing service providers -- a new but growing business opportunity.

By framing the argument to its own advantage, VMware is giving its sales team a powerful argument in competitive situations. ...