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Archive for Data Center Virtualization Category

Is Innovation Dead?

I read with great interest the J.D. Morris blog on the death of independent enterprise hardware and software companies. It’s an interesting and thought provoking read. However, it’s also one that I’ve read many times in my career.  Every time we hit a snag, someone predicts the death of innovative new companies and it usually [...] Read More

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Provisioning for the new world

In my last couple of posts, I discussed the journey that we are on and how applications will be purchased and deployed going forward. In this post, I’ll discuss how I see systems being provisioned to support these applications. In order to support an environment where applications are purchased as a service, with performance and [...] Read More

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It’s still all about the apps…

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. [...] Read More

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iSCSI’s Bad Luck!

As Ethernet speeds reached Fibre Channel’s 1Gb/s and IP became a defacto global protocol for small and large enterprises alike, it became clear that wrapping SCSI commands in TCP/IP packets may be the next standard for block transfer over networks. Even more exciting was that iSCSI would run on everyone’s favorite data center network, Ethernet. [...] Read More

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One Point of View

Summer time is great for vacation, especially in the North East where we get about 6 good weeks of weather all year! It’s also a great time to reflect and think about where we as an IT community are heading. I’m going to post a series of blogs on where I think the industry is [...] Read More

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And so it begins…PAN Everywhere

Today we announced our products with Dell and Fujitsu-Siemens, with support for both bladed and rack mount servers. This is a significant milestone in the company’s history, as it’s the first time we’ll deliver product on other vendors’ hardware. It’s an especially poignant moment for me, as I’ve been at Egenera since the early days [...] Read More

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