So… what can be virtualized? Server Loads – Check. Workstations – Check. Applications – Check. Phones – On Deck. One of the up and coming topics in the virtualization industry is how to properly virtualize phones. Mobile phones are quickly becoming one of the most convenient and … [Read more...]
The Enterprise IT Acquisition Game
September 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The players are lining up for the biggest acquisition game enterprise IT has witnessed in a while Today is the (a?) day of reckoning in the 3Par saga, with Dell widely expected to make a counter-offer higher than HP’s bid. But this mega deal, like the Data Domain war before it, sends a strong … [Read more...]
The Stack Wars Have Begun!
April 19, 2010 by 9 Comments
Just as public cloud computing is beginning to catch on, the enterprise data center world has been shaken up by the biggest IT product vendors. Rather than sit back and watch their wares commoditized, companies like Cisco, EMC, HP, and now HDS are stepping up to the plate with integrated "stacks" … [Read more...]
Partnership Of Microsoft And Citrix Intensify VDI Spotlight
March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The virtualization community, my employer, and every Virtualization Service Provider I know is neck deep in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Already important because of Windows 7 migrations, the announcements last week from Microsoft and Citrix seemed to have raised the intensity of an … [Read more...]
Citrix Branch Repeater – WAN Acceleration / Branch office in a box
August 12, 2009 by 7 Comments
I’ve been meaning to write about the Citrix Branch Repeater product for some time now, so a timely reminder to actually do this was the release of Citrix Branch Repeater V5.5. Earlier this year I attended a branch office infrastructure event run by Microsoft and Citrix in Edinburgh. This was … [Read more...]
The Public Corporate Face of Cloud Computing
July 28, 2009 by 2 Comments
As cloud computing becomes more mainstream, investors will start looking to get in on the act. With that in mind, a friend and I began discussing which public companies were getting into the cloud computing market and to what extent. I have put together the following list, and encourage comments, … [Read more...]