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Posted in Industry News on Feb 20th, 2007
Why is EMC offering shares of its VMware subsidiary to the public market?
Some theories:
Maximize on VMware’s current market value. EMC is trying to benefit from VMware’s maximum value, before the market becomes more competitive with future offerings from Xen (via XenSource) and Microsoft. The commoditization of hypervisors may lower VMware’s future valuation over the long-term, [...]
Posted in Disaster Recovery on Feb 9th, 2007
A flu pandemic…it’s almost beyond comprehension in this day and age. But it’s a very real concern. The CDC has made recommendations in response to outbreaks of a feared flu pandemic. For a category 5 pandemic, the CDC recommends closing schools for 1-3 months. Think about that for a minute…imagine the impact something like this [...]
Posted in Blade Servers on Feb 8th, 2007
Industry analyst and frequent writer Barb Goldworm wrote an excellent two-part article this week on the myths surrounding blade servers. In the article, Barb deconstructs myths on power & cooling, pricing, virtualization and performance. It’s an excellent read.
I’d like to add one more myth to the mix: Blades aren’t appropriate for the enterprise…
Because of some [...]