Nov 24 2008   1:26PM GMT

VMware MVP at least a year away

Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele, Reseller blogs, Tech Blogs, Virtualization, VMware

Sure, VMware announced its mobile phone virtualization plans this month, but don’t hold your breath waiting for any products to hit the market.

Virtualization.info found this nugget from an article in New Zealand’s Reseller News:

With the long lead time of phone manufacturers … the products should arrive in around 12 to 18 months.

That information comes from VMware director Srinivas Krishnamurti, who talked to Reseller News about the company’s plans for mobile phone virtualization (or “virtualisation” as they say in New Zealand).

As I so eloquently wrote about the VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform’s release, “the technology is way too new” to determine how it will affect channel partners. Now we know how long we’ll have to wait to figure it out.