Virtually Speaking

VMware's desktop moves

Dan Kusnetzky — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:46 +0000

VMware's cluster announcement of products, reference architectures and services is designed to both establish dominance in desktop virtualization and slow the growth of competitors.

Volunteer organizations

Dan Kusnetzky — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:26 +0000

Why are people so willing to help their volunteer organizations to succeed when they're so reluctant to do the same at their place of employment?

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers

Dan Kusnetzky — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:00:47 +0000

Red Hat is attempting to use KVM as a weapon to defeat VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, Oracle and the like. Organizations will need proof that it is better.

Cisco, EMC and VMware Announce Alliance

Dan Kusnetzky — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:01 +0000

Cisco, EMC and VMWare launch alliance/coalition/joint venture.

Cloud computing making new alliances

Dan Kusnetzky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:00:35 +0000

Are we seeing suppliers trying to re-implement the mainframe using modular hardware and software?

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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:00:35 +0000

Oracle's Virtualization Story

Dan Kusnetzky — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:57 +0000

Oracle VM, like the other virtualization technologies Oracle offers, is presented as an integrated, optimized, easy-to-manage part of an Oracle environment. It may not be the best choice for those expecting support the products from the industry leaders.

Eco-IT

Dan Kusnetzky — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:03:04 +0000

IT is seeing the beginnings of a perfect storm that will be felt by every major user of IT. Organizations are likely to be required to reduce their use of power, carbon emissions and the like at the same time they're increasing needs for computing.

Preparing for the 451 Group Customer Conference

Dan Kusnetzky — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:30:59 +0000

The 451 Group Customer Conference is likely to be an interesting and thought provoking event.

Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org

Dan Kusnetzky — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:03 +0000

Revisiting the topic of OpenOffice.org versus Microsoft Office and some of the comments, thoughts and feelings of readers.

Examining datacenter operations with Akorri BalancePoint

Dan Kusnetzky — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:00:22 +0000

As organizations take the journey to a more virtualized environment, it can be harder and harder for them to actually see what's happening in their datacenters.