Posts Tagged ‘ Novell ’

The Cost of Innovation in Virtualization and Cloud?

September 14, 2010
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The Cost of Innovation in Virtualization and Cloud?

I was pointed the other day to a chart on the Business Insider ‘Chart of the Day’ (@chartoftheday) showing the R&D expenditures for a handful of tech companies, evidence of Apple’s supposedly superior ‘innovation’ compared to four apparently randomly chosen tech companies.

On the surface,...
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Microsoft Acquires Opalis

December 11, 2009
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Microsoft Acquires Opalis

Today Microsoft Corporation (NASD:MSFT) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Opalis Inc., the leading independent vendor of IT Process Automation (ITPA) software.

IT Process Automation (ITPA) is a Data Center Automation (DCA) discipline that EMA defines as “the ability to automate and integrate the workflow of complex,...
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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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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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