Virtualization
There's a real battle in the virtualization market as VMware positions itself as cloud computing's operating system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is gaining traction and players like Citrix and Red Hat are also a threat. Virtualization's main selling point---the ability to use more computing capacity and save on servers---resonates for obvious reasons.
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The folks at Netuitive recently introduced me to what they're doing and I thought it was rather clever. They've observed that virtualized environments combined with the underlying physical...
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Zimbra Appliance: VMWare executes on cloud-based email
VMWare's upgraded Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance 6.0 signals that the race to the cloud email economic floor is on, says Ted Schadler.
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VMware, Zimbra unveil integration plan, cloud appliance
VMware and Zimbra are detailing how their products fit together as the two companies integrate their line-ups. First up, a Zimbra appliance.
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On Demand Webinar with Amazon: Cloud Computing for the Enterprise
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On Demand Webinar with Gartner: Private Cloud, Cloud Computing, Internal Cloud
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Cloud computing's ultimate value depends on open PaaS models to avoid applications and data lock-in
Putting lock-in into your criteria is a key measure of how quickly we're going to get into the right world, versus a situation where people end up where vendors and providers have too much...
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VMware improves their virtualized application monitoring
Proactive management of virtualized applications is a key component of cloud success
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Calling all cloud skeptics
Does cloud skepticism have a champion who can rally the forces of fear, uncertainty and doubt against the onward march of cloud computing? Or is resistance futile?
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MokaFive's approach to desktop virtualization
As I mentioned in yesterday's post (see Desktop virtualization in the smartphone era), I recently had an opportunity to speak with Purmina Padmanabhan of MokaFive about the company's plans for end...
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Managing through the 'scariest' part of private cloud evolution
EMC: Cloud computing clouds IT employee satisfaction. But haven't we already been through much of this with mainframe computing?
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Non-profit frees up power capacity through HP virtualization project
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA International), a non-profit group dedicated to communications and knowledge services for the military, was running out of power...
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Desktop virtualization in the smartphone era
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To get cloud economics right, think small, very, very small
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A Convirture user profile
Recently, I had a chance to exchange messages with Steve, a Principal Architect at an E-commerce company that is a Convirture customer. Please introduce your organization and the role you play...
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SOA-inspired best practices lead to profitable cloud consumption
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Will cloud computing economics add up for Microsoft?
Microsoft at its financial analyst meeting made the case for being a cloud computing leader and argued that its economic prospects will improve as information technology shifts to an on-demand model.
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Microsoft's stump speech: We're leading the cloud parade
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Citrix: Desktop virtualization is snowballing
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