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DataCore Advanced Site Recovery

It's been quite a while since I last spoke with the folks from DataCore. I believe that the last post on this company was back in August 2008 (see Datacore - nothing but storage.) Last time the discussion focused on the need organizations should recognize to pair virtual storage solutions...

Tags: Data Center, Recovery, Approach, DataCore, Data Centers, Storage, Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-02

FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards Compatibility

On a whim, I updated one of my systems from Firefox 3.0.11 to 3.5 yesterday. I wanted to personally experience the speed improvements that industry reports have said Firefox 3.5 provided over previous versions. After working with the software for a short time, I have to agree that the browser...

Tags: Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Sun VirtualBox 3.0

Sun Microsystems released VirtualBox 3.0 today. One goal of this release is supporting workloads, such as database management systems, some collaborative applications and many web-based applications that rely on multiple processes running simultaneously. Another is offering support for high performance graphics for desktop applications. Here's...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Hypervisor, Sun Microsystems Inc., VirtualBox 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Platform Computing: Herding Clouds

After the post Platform Computing Announces Infrastructure Sharing Services appeared on ZDnet, I had the opportunity to speak with Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing. Although the plans were for me to speak with Platform prior to the post going live, scheduling problems made that impossible. So, the focus of...

Tags: Platform Computing Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-29

MokaFive launches version 2 of its MokaFive Suite

Desktop virtualization (the combination of access virtualization, application virtualization and/or processing virtualization for client-side deployment) has not gotten the intense industry attention that its cousin, server virtualization, has and yet, a number of suppliers have pegged their hopes and dreams to that nascent market. MokaFive is one of those suppliers....

Tags: Desktop Management, MokaFive, MokaFive Suite, Desktop Management Cost, Desktops, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Platform Computing Announces Infrastructure Sharing Services

The folks at Platform Computing are at it again.  This time, they've announced a product to support cloud computing in the form of infrastructure as a service IaaS. They're calling it Platform Infrastructure Sharing Service ISF. As often is the case with a new product from a...

Tags: Platform Computing Inc., Platform Infrastructure Sharing Facility, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-24

RNA Networks launches RNAcache

RNA Networks is launching RNAcache, a product that lives along the border of processing virtualization, network virtualization and storage virtualization by offering the capability to use server memory on many systems as a shared network resource. RNA Networks is one a number of suppliers that are melding high performance computing,...

Tags: RNA, Data Center, Virtualization, RNA Networks, RNACACHE RNA Network, Biotechnology, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Another view on Red Hat's Virtualization Portfolio

Red Hat just trumpeted that its Virtualization Portfolio was just about cooked and ready to serve. While that announcement see Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Beta Draws Industry Interest did gather some industry comment, including that made by my colleage Paula Rooney (see Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta...

Tags: Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Northern Maine, No wireless and Off Line

I'm up in Maine just South of the Canadian border.  Elizabeth and I are visiting our daugher, Sarah, her husband, Ben and their son, Billy.  No cell phone service is avaialble here although if we cross the border Rogers has service and I have very limited access to the Internet. ...

Tags: Maine, Wireless, Domain Names, Internet, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Virtual Instruments customer profile

I always enjoy the opportunity to communicate with a representative of a company using technology to counter balance discussions I have with the suppliers of that technology. On some occasions, the company does not want its name mentioned. This commentary on Virtual Instruments' NetWisdom is a case in point. I...

Tags: Disk, Performance, Virtual Instruments NetWisdom, Performance Management, Backups, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Why did Citrix invest in Vyatta?

A short while ago, Vyatta announced that it had completed its series C round of funding and that that the round was lead by Citrix Systems more information about this round can be found here. Since I've watched both companies for quite some time, I spent a bit of time...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Yvatta, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Overcast plus Fog equals very late flight

My flight from the JFK airport in NY City was very late due to overcast, rainy weather with the added joy of fog. Since I didn't get back until the wee hours of the morning, and am only now sipping my coffee, I don't have much to say this morning....

Tags: Flight, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Stratus bundles VMware vSphere Essentials

It is clear that the folks at Stratus Technologies understand that virtualized environments are likely to become the norm at organizations of all sizes. Helping smaller organizations realize that vision is going to take some help, however. Stratus appears to be willing to put its "money where its mouth is"...

Tags: Software, Stratus Technologies, Fault-tolerance, VMware Inc., vSphere Essentials, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Air travel - how to lose a whole day

I'm currently sitting in an airline lounge (shhh, don't tell anyone, but I mean Delta)  waiting for my next flight and contemplating on how air travel has become a time consuming, frustrating experience for many business travelers. I was, on the other hand, impressed with the professionalism and efficiency of...

Tags: Flight, Aircraft, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Barriers to Entry

A MBA candidate recently asked me to help him understand what barriers to entry exist for cloud computing and virtualization start ups.  This simple question could easily turn into a Master's Thesis.  Although I don't know this for a fact, I bet that is exactly what this interesting person is...

Tags: Barrier, Technology, Cloud Computing, Recruitment & Selection, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-09

What is a "trusted cloud?"

I recently had an opportunity to speak with executives of Hosted Solutions about their newest offering, the Stratus Trusted Cloud. Although I'm not sure that this offering is going to change how IT decision makers think about the concept of cloud computing in general, it is a step. ...

Tags: Stratus Technologies, Information Technology, Hosted Solutions, Stratus Trusted Cloud, Strategy, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Virtual Instruments launches VirtualWisdom

Mark Urdahl, CEO, and Len Rosenthal, VP Marketing, of Virtual Instruments stopped by to let me know about VirtualWisdom, a product the company launched while at EMCword. Their product is designed to help organizations moving to a virtualized environment gain insight into and manage their virtual storage infrastructure. ...

Tags: Performance, VMware Inc., VirtualWisdom VirtualWisdom, VMware Performance Bottleneck, Virtualization, Performance Management, Storage, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-05

HP Thin Client Launches Thin Clients and Desktop Virtualization Software

HP is one of a very small list of companies that offers technology in every category of the Kusnetzy Group Model. So, one could see thin client devices and the related access virtualization, application virtualization and processing virtualization technology as being the window either into an organization's IT infrastructure, in-house...

Tags: Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-04

CA comes to Cassatt's rescue

It appears that CA has come to the rescue and has acquired the intellectual property and some of the staff of Cassatt (see CA's statement on this acquisition). I spoke with a number of people, including my good friend and fellow IDC alumni, Bill Peterson, and have come to the...

Tags: Cassatt Corp., Computer Associates International Inc., Sales Strategy, Workforce Management, Intellectual Property, Sales Force Management, Sales, Human Resources, Research & Development, Business Operations, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Virtualization is not virtual machine software

Virtualization is something that has been around for quite a long time. It has been a staple of the mainframe world for well over 30 years. It has been part of the midrange systems world for over 20 years. It has been emerging in the world of industry standard systems...

Tags: Software, Environment, Server, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-02