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Guest Posting by Ken Henault, Senior Infrastructure Architect, HP

I had the privilege of working on the joint HP & Egenera team that developed the announcement materials. As the technical guy in a team it was a good learning experience. In bringing the two companies together I found things we share in common, and things that differentiate us. Read More

IO Virtualization Defined

In my last blog post I talked about what I see as the next “waves of virtualization” taking the industry, I talked about “IO Virtualization” as a key (maybe THE key) cornerstone, so I thought it might make sense to describe just what it is and why it’s important. Like all forms of virtualization, the [...] Read More

Where do we go from here?

Well, 2008 is in full swing and I’ve been remiss in my blogging. It’s been a very busy time…but no excuses. 2007 was a breakout year for virtualization, as it finally hit the mainstream. But where do we go from here? The virtualization “wave” is just forming. And while server virtualization is at full crest, [...] Read More

If it Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck…

In a recent game of one-upmanship, both HP and IBM announced the ability to virtualize IO and scale this to hundreds of blades across a hundred chassis. I can just imagine the marketing gurus at HP and IBM, pinky in the corner of their mouths Austin Powers-like, stating that they can now virtualize thousand of [...] Read More

IO Virtualization: What it is and why it matters

Brace yourselves. You’re going to hear a lot about IO virtualization in the next year, and deservedly so. IO virtualization is the key to making virtual servers work effectively. Egenera figured this out  many years ago and others are finally catching on. What is it? IO virtualization can come  in many flavors depending upon the [...] Read More