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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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Change We Can All Believe In

Being here in our Nation’s Capital at this time of year, we’re on the verge of dramatic changes.  I’m not talking about just the obvious changes coming November 4, but to Federal computing environments and their data centers as well. No question about it – change is coming at us from every angle. The list [...] Read More

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The Disappearing Edge

Server Virtualization started simple enough – a way to consolidate multiple application servers to a single physical host. We might say it was learning to walk before running. At first we saw a move of test and development applications making the move to reduce costs and footprint. Over the last few years however we’ve entered [...] 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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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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Thoughts on “Virtualization 2.0″

Dan Kusnetzky asks an interesting question on his blog, “What is virtualization 2.0?” Is it a catchphrase? Is it a new term that analysts can cling to? Is it a re-hash of technology from 20 years ago? Is it new? I think the answer to all of these questions is yes! Yes, it’s a new [...] Read More

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