Posts Tagged ‘ systems management ’

Launching my first book – Visible Ops Private Cloud

April 12, 2011
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Launching my first book – Visible Ops Private Cloud

Today is a very exciting day for me.

After many months of blood, sweat, and tears, today we are finally launching a brand new book that I co-wrote (alongside a couple of amazing people – Kurt Milne and Jeanne Morain), called Visible Ops Private Cloud: From Virtualization...
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Public Cloud Computing is NOT For Everyone

December 2, 2010
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Public Cloud Computing is NOT For Everyone

Without pointing any fingers, there seems to be a persistent refrain from some public cloud computing proponents that says, ‘If you are running your own IT, then you are doing it wrong’. This attitude fails to account for the magnitude and value of many legacy investments...
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VM Stall – More Than Four Reasons

July 26, 2010
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VM Stall – More Than Four Reasons

I recently saw a great article in IT World Canada titled “Virtual stall: What it is and why you have it,” written by Jay Litkey, that took up my idea of VM stall, which I first came up with in my blog from May Read more »

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Myopic View of DevOps Misses the Mark

March 26, 2010
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Myopic View of DevOps Misses the Mark

I am hearing a lot about the rise of a concept called ‘devops’ – a mashup of ‘development’ and ‘operations’. I am not at all an expert in this area, but from what I can tell, devops is aimed at streamlining rapidly iterative application delivery to...
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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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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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Cloud Computing Podcast with Techtarget – Part 2

November 17, 2009
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Cloud Computing Podcast with Techtarget – Part 2

TechTarget LogoMy podcast with SearchCloudComputing‘s Carl Brooks (Twitter’s @eekygeeky) was so much fun. In this two-part podcast, Carl and I talk about all sorts of issues...
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Cloud Computing Podcast with Techtarget – Part 1

November 16, 2009
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Cloud Computing Podcast with Techtarget – Part 1

TechTarget LogoI really enjoyed my first podcast with the crew from SearchCloudComputing – hosted by Carl Brooks (Twitter’s @eekygeeky) – last week. (Of course I did...
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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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