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- Microsoft and Red Hat agreement and the next generation datacenter
- Microsoft and Red Hat agreement and the next generation datacenterMisspelling"My colleges Mary-Jo Folley"I think you mean my COLLEAGUES. Just trying to help.
- Tags: Red Hat agreement, generation datacenter, Red Hat Inc., agreement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Microsoft and Red Hat agreement and the next generation datacenter
- Microsoft and Red Hat have come to an agreement allowing virtualization technology from each company to support virtual machines containing the others operating environment. My colleagues Mary-Jo Folley see Microsoft and Red Hat sign virtualization pact and Paula Rooney (see It’s true: Microsoft and Red Hat cooperate on virtualization) have...
- Tags: Data Center, Red Hat Inc., IBM z/OS, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., IBM OS/400, IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Virtualization, Data Centers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Apple Mac OS, Storage Management, Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- IBM Acquires Transitive
- Last week, I received a notice from IBM's PR company that IBM was going to acquire Transitive, that clever supplier of operating system and hardware virtualization technology. It's clearly a move to strengthen IBM's claim on being the premier supplier of systems for the next generation datacenter. ...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Transitive virtual processing magic
- What would it be like if it was possible to take an executable image that was built for one operating system and processor family, wave a software wand over that software and then simply run it on another platform? Wouldn't that make life for an organization's IT staff quite a...
- Tags: Computer, Generation Datacenter, Productivity, Data Centers, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- What would a next generation datacenter look like?
- What would a next generation datacenter look like?Next-gen data center goes beyond data centerDan -- I think there are two trends that will affect the next-generation data center.The first has to do with the fact that today, in the vast maority of cases, development is completely separate from operations. In...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, data center, GigaSpaces, generation datacenter
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- What would a next generation datacenter look like?
- It appears that my recent post, IBM announces the Z10: Is the mainframe still relevant?, must have touched on something that had an impact on quite a number of people. I received quite a number of messages from people who either thought that I was on to something or thought...
- Tags: Cassatt Corp., Data Center, Generation Datacenter, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
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- ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips
- Great platform for next-gen OS developmentThis sounds like it would be a great platform for somebody to develop the next generation OS we so badly need as a replacement for all of the existing 20th century OSes we're currently using.Still primitive - OS has a long way to goI use...
- Tags: Operating systems, Keyboards, multi-core processor, Intel Corp., chip, operating system, keyboard, ARM
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld Experiences
- I've been running from meeting to meeting at IDG World Expo's OpenSource World/Next Generation Datacenter/CloudWorld Conference at the Moscone Center in the heart of beautiful San Francisco (see OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld.) Here are my initial impressions of the event: The event is significantly smaller than any I...
- Tags: IDG World Expo, Event, Vendor Area, Data Centers, Channel Management, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- VMware's vision: Clouds everywhere
- While I was making my way out to San Francisco for OpenSource World/Next Generation Datacenter/Cloudworld, VMware issued a press release stating that they were acquiring Spring Source, a supplier of Platform as a Service offerings. This, I believe, opens the door for VMware to offer a nearly complete, end-to-end solution...
- Tags: Solution, Data Center, Open Source, PaaS, Vision, Supplier, VMware Inc., Tool, SpringSource, Spring Framework, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld
- I've been watching, and involved with, LinuxWorld Expo since the very early days. As with other operating system focused conferences in the past, the conference has had its glory days and then faced a declining interest from sponsors and attendees. IDG World Expo, the host of LinuxWorld and other conferences,...
- Tags: LinuxWorld, Data Center, Event, Conference, Data Centers, Linux, Storage, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Pivot3 - a different take on unified computing
- Pivot3's Lee Caswell and I spoke about a different take on unified computing architectures and storage centric computing. Lee and I crossed paths while he was with Sun Microsystems. Furthermore, Pivot3's take includes memory virtualization/distributed caching elements as well. Here's how Pivot3 describes itself ...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Pivot3, Storage, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Savvis on Cisco's Unified Computing System
- Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer, Savvis and I communicated about Cisco's Unifed Computing System UCS. Here are his answers to some questions that were posed to him. Since Savvis currently operates 29 data centers (a total of 1.4 million square feet of space), his views could be seen as...
- Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Savvis Communications, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- To the Moon: The Integrators
- The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
- Tags: Spacecraft, NASA, Mission, Computer, IBM Corp., UNIVAC, Productivity, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- The New Generation of System X Servers: Lower datacenter costs through server refresh
- Join Intel and IBM for a deep dive into the new Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series rack servers from IBM System x. Learn more about the features and functions of this new generation of servers that can dramatically improve your floor space while providing extreme performance. We have all heard...
- Tags: Data Center, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Servers, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components
- Webcasts 2009-05-14
- Windows Azure: a very difficult concept explained
- Since the announcement of Windows Azure, codenamed "Red Dog" as discovered by my colleague Mary-Jo Foley, at PDC 2008, I have felt an element of doubt hanging over the service, simply because I didn't know enough about it. This post will explain everything you need to know about Azure -...
- Tags: Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Service, Windows Azure, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Data Centers, Storage, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Realizing TCO Savings With HP BladeSystem Virtual Connect Flex-10 Technology
- HP Virtual Connect technology is an interconnect option for HP BladeSystem designed to simplify the connection of blade servers to datacenter networks. Virtual Connect creates pools of LAN and SAN addresses that can be assigned dynamically to server bays. HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 builds on the core HP Virtual Connect...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Blade, TCO, International Data Group, HP Virtual Connect Technology, HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, Blade Servers, Data Centers, Utility Computing, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Google wins floating data center patent
- Google wins floating data center patentDoes it really make sense?Surely the economical and ecological cost of building and maintaining the ships to house all these would outwiegh the savings?Why collocate the data centres - we have extensive electrical grids to pump power from point of generation to point of use...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, data center, Google Inc., data center patent, patent
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- 'Private cloud' = just another buzzword for on-premise datacenter?
- 'Private cloud' = just another buzzword for on-premise datacenter?Sooo.. wrong.Private clouds are exactly the same as the public cloud with the exception of its location. While a datacenter is part of the private cloud, the cloud itself is way more. It provides remote apps, services such as e-mail, web sires,...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Microsoft Outlook, Private Clouds, data center, private cloud, buzzword
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- GPL's cloudy future
- GPL's cloudy futureIn the Cloud: ANYBODY can do ITANYBODY. I believe that is the essence of the Cloud revolution.Users old enough remember the IBM PC. It was a revolution. A maneuver around traditional IT which gave rise to a new generation of software and hardware development without...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Configuration Files, GPL, AGPL, Google Inc., information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Doubletake Workload Optimization Suite
- Bob Roudebush, Director Solutions Engineering for Double-Take and I had an interesting conversation about some of the issues virtual environments can create for organizations that have allowed their virtual infrastructure to grow organically without a plan. Although Double-Take isn't trying to create solutions for all of the potential issues, they...
- Tags: Double-Take, Workload Management, Data Centers, Backups, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
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