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Archive for Virtualization Tag

Clouds are forming

I’ve been reading a lot about cloud computing lately. Seems like everyone has an opinion. One of my favorites was an interesting comparison on the buzz (measured by Google Trends) that Cloud is getting compared to Utility, Grid, etc. Me personally… I’m still trying to grok what it all means. Seems to me that Clouds [...] Read More

Is Disaster Recovery the next killer app for virtualization?

There have been a slew of articles speculating that Disaster Recovery is the next killer app for Server Virtualization. The premise is that since the OS and application are abstracted from the hardware, it’s simple to move the entire stack from one location to another, and presto – DR solved! Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. [...] 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

Hypervisor Market Commoditizing Quickly

Wow, did you catch all of the announcements for new hypervisors? Oracle has one…. Sun has one… Microsoft unveiled their plans – and pricing, for Hyper-V…. heck, even Phoenix is planning on one. These, added to a market that includes VMware, Xensource, SWSoft, SuSE, Red Hat, IBM, Qumranet… well, you get the picture. This is [...] Read More

Virtualization Market Matures

Even with the incredible traction virtualization is making in the market it’s still easy to get confused as to what virtualization means in every case. Is it server virtualization provided by hypervisors like Xen or ESX? Is it storage virtualization? Network virtualization? Broadly, it’s all of the above. One thing that’s clear is that the [...] Read More

Tying it all together

Virtualization, Disaster Recovery (DR) and Green IT (power and cooling)! These three topics are headlining the tech sections of newspapers around the globe, and businesses are smartly marketing their products around this tidal wave of buzz. Everywhere you look, it’s the same themes. Take for example, CNBC’s Mad Money, one of my favorite shows. Jim [...] Read More