My earlier post focused on my general observations about VMworld and the hot topics in play. Needless to say from inside and around the Egenera booth, I was pretty overwhelmed by what a great reception our technology and our vision garnered. Incidentally, this was our first year with a standalone booth at VMworld and it [...]
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Posted in Industry News on Sep 25th, 2008
It almost felt like back to school for technology last week at VMworld – a lot of excitement and movement in the industry. Not to mention, more attendees, more vendors and more vision. I had a blast!
Predictably, everyone I talked to has some deployment of virtualization in production. Of course, they were familiar with virtual [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2008
It’s my turn to blog and there is a lot to discuss. Let’s start with the notion of a truly reliable and responsive IT function. As a CEO of a relatively large company, it’s easy to define what the ideal IT function looks like. I want an extremely reliable systems environment. I want an environment [...]
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In my last post we took a bit of a journey back through time looking at various technology waves of the past. In this entry, I want to explore how I think applications will be purchased going forward, as it’s important to understand the business model, which has a direct impact on the underlying technology.
The [...]
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