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- Cloud computing belongs on your three-year roadmap
- Cloud platforms is one of the technologies included in Forrester's recent report on the top 15 enterprise technologies. by James Staten
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Assessing the maturity of cloud computing services
- The number one challenge in cloud computing today is determining what it really is, what categories of services exist within the definition and business model and how ready these options are for enterprise consumption. by James Staten
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- When is a VMware cloud a vCloud? Let the API wars begin
- Attention enterprises â€"Pop Quiz: If your favorite hosting provider launches a cloud service that supports VMware vSphere and is part of the VMware vCloud initative, are they providing you with the rich vCloud functionality VMware is touting at VMworld this week? The answer is no, because vCloud...
- Tags: API, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Xen.org: Stop the forking. Forrester: About time
- Xen.org, the open source community behind the leading IaaS cloud computing hypervisor finally made a bold move today by stepping up to the plate of delivering a complete open source virtual infrastructure for cloud platforms. Prior to this release, Xen.org had been content to manage and maintain the core Xen...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Xen, About Time Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Xen.org, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Amazon Web Services is addressing enterprises' top issues
- The moves made by Amazon Web Services LLC make it clear they are eager to get a hold of enterprise business. by James Staten
- Tags: Amazon Web Services, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., Cloud Computing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- With DataSynapse, TIBCO looks to both present and future
- What does TIBCO's acquisition of DataSynapse mean to application development organizations? by James Staten
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Application Development, DataSynapse, Software Development, Development Tools, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- VMware completes the PaaS to vCloud
- If you’ve been wondering why an infrastructure leader would acquire a developer framework, the answer is a bit more complex that what shows on the surface â€" and a lot more strategic. As stated in the press release and in the blogs by VMware CTO Steve Herrod and SpringSource CEO...
- Tags: Java, PaaS, VMware Inc., SpringSource, Microsoft Windows Azure, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Can velocity revolutionize the data center business?
- Digital Realty Trust is trying to do to the data center business what Dell did to computer manufacturing and Wal-Mart continues to do to the retail market â€" make delivery efficiency the killer app. It claims it can build out a complete enterprise-class, energy-efficient data center in as little as...
- Tags: Data Center, DRT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Your Thoughts: How mature are cloud computing services?
- Enterprise IT infrastructure & operations professionals have many cloud computing technologies to choose from today, and new solutions seem to appear all the time. What are all these technologies? How do you categorize them? Which are mature and which need a lot of work? Forrester is kicking...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- IBM's CloudBurst is a credible step forward
- About six months ago, I accused IBM of “cloud-washing†its solutions and services when it launched its Project Blue Cloud marketing campaign. Its aim with this effort was to lure customer conversations about cloud computing in its direction so it could learn what enterprises wanted from this new technology. IBM...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Portals, Storage Management, Blade Servers, Servers, Hardware, Internet, Storage, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Oracle enhances VM management with Virtual Iron acquisition
- The rumors are true. Oracle has finally announced that its intent to acquire Virtual Iron for its virtual server management capabilities. It's a nice fit for Oracle, which has its own Xen-based virtualization platform called Oracle VM. Up until now, Virtual Iron has been selling its management...
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Xen, Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Citrix C3 ââ¬" Where are the partners?
- Citrix put some significant new meat on the bones of its Citrix Cloud Center (C3) offering last week but left behind one crucial element. Who are the partners delivering this offering? At its annual customer get together, Citrix Synergy 2009, the company fulfilled our prediction of the true...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Citrix C3 Strategy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Leveraging cloud computing for new business enablement
- In yesterday’s Forbes.com HP VP and CTO Russ Daniels wrote a short commentary on how cloud computing can help reignite the global economy and his focus is what makes the difference. Where Russ differs from many others on cloud computing in that he is talking about the vision from a...
- Tags: MagCloud, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-05-08
- VMware wants to be your network operating system of choice
- Whenever a company changes the name of their major product you often have to wonder what level of change they are trying to signal. In the case of VMware which changed ESX to vSphere yesterday, the signal is one of intent. They could have called it vWorldDomination but that might...
- Tags: Fault-tolerance, Data Center, Network, Operating System, Network Operating System, VMware Inc., vSphere, VM, Fault-tolerance Feature, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Covetus the Sun installed base
- The value of Sun’s Solaris installed base proved its worth once again this week as Oracle found it too tempting to pass up and pulled the trigger trumping IBM. A large percent of Oracle’s most profitable customers run their Oracle wares on Solaris and for them to fall further into...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Software, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- The Open Cloud Manifesto
- The Open Cloud Manifesto, backed by its thirty-six firms that signed on with its debut, outlines core value propositions, points out challenges, sets goals, and then lists several principles of what an open cloud should accomplish. Until now, there has been no real attempt to define or restrict the term...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Cloud, Open Cloud Manifesto, Cloud Market, Quality, Strategy, Channel Management, Business Operations, Management, Marketing, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- A reason to refresh
- Intel did more than just introduce a faster server processor today with the introduction of the Xeon 5500: it enabled a greater level of differentiation to its server and storage vendor partners that ultimately will result in a broader set of choices and better ones for enterprise infrastructure & operations...
- Tags: Intel Xeon, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- IBM in talks to acquire Sun?
- A big blue cloud overshadowed Sun’s announcement today unveiling their Open Cloud Computing platform. Media was a buzz today at rumors of a possible acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM. Still a rumor at this point, the story brings up many questions about how feasible this acquisition really is and...
- Tags: Acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, IBM SWG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Sun Solaris, Servers, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Cisco's big blade server bet
- After months of rumors, Cisco officially entered the server business this morning with a modular system it calls the "Unified Computing System" UCS. This blade server system goes one step beyond its predecessors by starting from a unified network foundation on ten gigabit per second Ethernet (10 GbE) that delivers...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy
- The open source hypervisor landscape got a lot more interesting today after the latest announcements from Red Hat and Citrix. Both were shots across the bow of VMware’s juggernaut, but Red Hat’s volley may have overshot and struck Xen.org in the stern. Citrix, the flag bearer for...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
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