virtualization
« Previous EntriesWhat is a Cloud
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Here is my definition of the Holy Grail “Cloud”.
Primary Characteristics
It uses commodity-based hardware as its base. The hardware can be replaced anytime without affecting the cloud.
It uses a commodity-based software container system. For example, a service should be able to be pulled from one cloud provider to any other cloud provider with no effect […]
Cloud Computing and the Enterprise
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008The more I learn about cloud computing, the more I think that it’s going to affect the enterprise more quickly than most people expect. Some enterprise customers are already working on cloud prototypes, and I recently heard a Forester analyst say that he thought that cloud computing initiatives could affect the enterprise within […]
Dilbert on Virtualization
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008First comes love, then comes marriage
Thursday, January 17th, 2008It usually starts with a first kiss. Given that it took Sun 15 days to close the deal with MySql, maybe VirtualIron and IBM can move straight to marraige.
Their first kiss!
This is a problem … Why?
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Gartner warns of misguided virtualization strategies
However, virtualization has a dark side, according to Bittman. Virtualization increases service demands from the business, so IT needs to be ready. Virtualization eases the “friction,” or barriers to entry, of getting new capabilities from IT. When business units perceive that they can get new capabilities easily, they will start […]
Hadoop
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Did you know that this is the technology the IBM is using for thier Blue Cloud initiative? It looks very intersting. It might make for an intersting exercise on EC2/S3 (e.g., data warehousing ).
Welcome to Hadoop!
Public Beta Now Open for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Monday, November 26th, 2007Public Beta Now Open for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Zabovo News
Monday, November 26th, 2007We may be small but we have big ideas. Here are some of the things we are working on…
Does ITIL Really Matter?
Sunday, November 25th, 2007I know this question has been asked many times before but in the enterprise space it seems that ITIL is always a given. My thoughts are maybe changes in the IT industry might change the need for ITIL. To be clear on this I am not proposing to know the answer to this question.
Virtual Iron, IBM, HP package Virtualization
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Virtual Iron, IBM, HP package virtualization on blades for SMBs
The $80 data center
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007p> The $80 data center: cheap computing or head in the cloud? by ZDNet’s Joe McKendrick — Cloud Computing at the tipping point
Sun Microsystems gets into virtualization with xVM
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Sun Microsystems gets into virtualization with xVM
Hat Trick by Matt Asay - Citrix, XenSource and Stuff
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007This guy can crank em out!
Open-source companies to be acquired by proprietary vendors? | The Open Road - CNET Blogs
Citrix to buy XenSource for $500 million; open-source company valuations skyrocketing (UPDATED) | The Open Road - CNET Blogs
What the XenSource acquisition says about proprietary software | The Open Road - CNET Blogs Â
Citrix buys XenSource - Virtualization is White Hot!
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Citrix gobbles up XenSource
Is Parellels next?
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All my friends are gonna be strangers
All my friends are gonna be strangers
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007At the opening bell this morning VMW opened at a mere 52 dollars per share price with shares soaring 75.9% in their stock market debut. This based off of their initial price of $29 per share gives them a market cap of over 20 billion. Not bad considering EMC paid 541 million for VMware only […]
VMware shares surge after IPO debut
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007VMware shares surge following IPO debut - MarketWatch
VMware shares surge after IPO debut EMC spin-off raises almost $1 billion in initial trading
And its only lunch time…
Is Mark Shuttleworth the new Steve Jobs?
Thursday, August 9th, 2007My second and last day at LinxWorld and I didn’t get any of the things I planned to do done.  However, I did work with whurley, and Mark Hinkle to get the BarCampESM Austin thing going.  Whurley, Mark, and I also did a podcast for Cote’ about what’s happening at Linuxworld.  Should be on Cote’s […]
More on the VMware IPO!
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Cisco to put $150 million into the VMware IPO
My wife still won’t let me put up the house for this IPO. Darn!
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
A Realistic Assessment of the Performance of Windows Guest Virtual Machines by Mark Friedman and Stephen Marksamer
This guy will make your head hurt.  I know, I used to work for him. However, he really knows his stuff. In summary, he’s pointing out that Widows performance metrics on ESX guests are impacted by system timer […]
VMWare IPO - Q2 Tops Estimates, Sales grew …
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Need I say anymore about this IPO.Â
The bad news is my wife won’t let me sell the house to invest in the IPO. Oh, well!
