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 my many contributions to TechTarget, you will know I am no great supporter of KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine). In my analysis, it...
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Tags: Cloud, Cloud Computing, HP, IBM, KVM, Linux, Microsoft, Red Hat, Sun, Systems Management, TechTarget, Virtualization, VMware, Windows, Xen
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Today 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 defined ‘market’. Plus, Novell really had to respond to their seriously lackluster financial performance in their 4th Quarter and Annual earnings...
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Tags: CA, Cloud, Cloud Computing, desktop virtualization, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Systems Management, Virtualization, VMware
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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, if not unique, at least pleasantly rare.
Good for them!
What I liked most was that they are trying to break down the...
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Tags: CA, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Configuresoft, EMA, EMC, Enterprise Management Associates, IBM, Ionix, Reflex Systems, Security, Symantec, Systems Management, Tripwire, Virtualization
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HP 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 Media’s Custom Solutions Group, held a free webcast last week to cover the details of the survey. If you missed it, you should certainly...
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Tags: application virtualization, CIO, desktop virtualization, endpoint virtualization, Hewlett Packard, HP, Microsoft, server virtualization, Systems Management, Virtualization
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My 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 regarding the management of cloud computing – a critical part of EMA’s ‘Responsible Cloud’ approach to cloud computing. Of course I had too much to say to fit in...
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Tags: Cloud, Cloud Computing, Hyperic, open source, Systems Management
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I really enjoyed my first podcast with the crew from SearchCloudComputing – hosted by Carl Brooks (Twitter’s @eekygeeky) – last week. (Of course I did – I am an analyst. If there is one thing I love more than being asked my opinion, it is talking about my opinion!). In this two-part podcast, Carl...
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Tags: BMC Software, CA, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Hyperic, Nimsoft, RightScale, SMB, Systems Management, TechTarget, VMware
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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 policy requirements.
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Tags: Citrix, IBM, KACE, Reflex, SourceFire, Symantec, Systems Management, up.time, virtual appliance, Virtualization, VKernel
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