With the upcoming release of new Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor, now in Release Candidate status, several virtualization firms usually linked to VMware are reconsidering their technology partnerships.
Surgient, a popular vendor focused on the so called Virtual Lab Automation market segment, is one of the first announcing its support for Hyper-V.
The first version of Surgient VQMS, just reached 5.4 version, is expected for Q4 2008.