Posts Tagged ‘ VMware ’

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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Mainframe as an Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Server?

August 24, 2010
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Mainframe as an Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Server?

In my last blog, I talked about the idea of a ‘software mainframe’, and how – if that term really means anything – IBM could actually be a serious threat to VMware (and the Virtual Computing Environment coalition of VMware/Cisco/EMC) , if it decided...
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‘Software Mainframe’ – a Poor Analogy for Virtualization

July 30, 2010
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‘Software Mainframe’ – a Poor Analogy for Virtualization

IT loves analogies.

Seriously, will the computer-as-a-car analogy ever die (please)? It has been over 10 years since we first heard jokes about if Microsoft built cars:

At a computer expo (COMDEX) Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated “If GM...
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Does Virtualization Security Really Matter?

May 12, 2010
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Does Virtualization Security Really Matter?

Whatever happened to virtualization security?

Back in the day, everyone was talking about blue pills and red pills, about sideways attacks and DOM-0 threats, about security profiles and isolation policies, about perimeter defense and security embedded in the hypervisor.

Then, all of a sudden, the buzz seemed 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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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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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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