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On My Leaving EMA to Join CA

February 26, 2010
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On My Leaving EMA to Join CA

For those who have asked, and others who may care to know – the rumours are indeed true. After many happy years leading the fantastic systems and storage management team at one of the very best IT industry analyst and consulting firms, Read more »

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Is BYOPC Really Key to Attracting Millennials?

February 1, 2010
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Is BYOPC Really Key to Attracting Millennials?

Generation YThere is a growing chatter about the idea that businesses should provide staff with a free choice of PC technology (including Windows, Mac, Linux, or other devices), and indeed that staff should be...
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Is KVM a credible choice for x86 server virtualization?

January 12, 2010
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Is KVM a credible choice for x86 server virtualization?

The other day I saw someone post a poll question, “Is KVM a credible choice for x86 virtualization?” My immediate response was – “Is that even a credible question?” If you read Read more »

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Novell Announces Intelligent Workload Management (IWM)

December 8, 2009
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Novell Announces Intelligent Workload Management (IWM)

Novell LogoToday Novell released the details of their eagerly awaited Intelligent Workload Management (IWM) solutions. Novell has an exceptional opportunity, great development, and an excellent product line that clearly makes sense in this newly...
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The CIO Dilemma – Balancing Tactical and Strategic Projects

December 4, 2009
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The CIO Dilemma – Balancing Tactical and Strategic Projects

I had an interesting discussion last night on Twitter with Tajeshwar Singh (@tsingh4IT), a thoughtful and experienced IT pro working with a leading IT outsourcing provider,  about the...
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You Cannot Separate Security and Systems Management

December 1, 2009
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You Cannot Separate Security and Systems Management

A few days ago I was pleased to brief again with Reflex Systems. Apart from the fact that they are doing some very cool things with virtualization management, their approach struck me as,...
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HP & CIO Magazine’s New Virtualization Survey

November 23, 2009
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HP & CIO Magazine’s New Virtualization Survey

HP LogoHP Software & Solutions recently conducted a global CIO survey with CIO Magazine on virtualization trends.  Shay Mowlem, Director Virtualization Strategy with HP, and Jim Malone, Editorial Director of CXO...
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Virtualization is not Cloud … but Cloud needs Virtualization

November 20, 2009
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Virtualization is not Cloud … but Cloud needs Virtualization

Surfing  a couple of blogs today, jumping from another analyst commenting that virtualization is not cloud (a fair, if unexplored, post), I came across William Vambenepe’s post from September on the confusion between...
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Human Issues in Endpoint Virtualization – A Cautionary Tale

November 9, 2009
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A couple of days ago, I was dropped into the middle of a sticky situation with one of my clients, a service provider of desktop systems – both physical and virtual (VMware and Citrix) – to schools across the country. This situation provides a great case...
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Why ‘Endpoint Virtualization’?

November 3, 2009
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Back in September 2009, EMA released a research report that I authored, titled Real World Experiences of Endpoint Virtualization*. In it, I defined and used a new term (for EMA), ‘Endpoint Virtualization’. …


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Virtual Appliances – More Risk than Reward?

October 29, 2009
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I have to say – and I have said it before – I am not a great fan of the ‘virtual appliance’ model for delivering enterprise management software. Specifically, I have ongoing concerns about how these software appliances break compliance, security, and other important management and...
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