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The virtualization market: The real scrum is just beginning: VMware's first quarter as a public company was a humdinger, but the real battle in the virtualization market is just getting started. Over the next year or so the virtualization landscape is going to become a lot more interesting. VMware is a company with a lead and...; Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Return On Investment Case, Simon Crosby, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-25
Virtualization does not guarantee the future for open source: I spent some quality time today with Simon Crosby, CTO and co-founder of XenSource Inc., who said virtualization is the Next Big Thing, that it makes all the benefits of Moores Law real, that it has benefits for all classes of users. (Picture from XenSource.)But does it help open source?...; Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization, XenSource Inc., Simon Crosby, software, open source; Blog posts 2007-03-21
XenSource CTO takes on Oracle's criticisms, discusses virtues of paravirtualization: It was just a couple of days ago that virtualization technology provider XenSource was the target of not one but two rounds of public criticism -- one levied at it by Red Hat, the other by Oracle. Since I haven't spent any quality time with the folks at XenSource,...; Tags: XenSource Inc., Simon Crosby, virtualization; Blog posts 2006-08-03

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Citrix and Xen not versus Xen: Simon Crosby, CTO of Citrix's Virtualization Management group, contacted me after reading the post, Citrix versus the Xen community, to clear up some misconceptions that he thought were the basis of my post. After reading his message, it's clear that what he had to say was very persuasive. Thanks Simon...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Citrix versus the Xen community: As the virtual machine software competition heats up, one would expect representatives of each of the suppliers to take shots at one another in the media. I've seen a recent example of this.Two of the proponents of Xen, Citrix and Virtual Iron, appear to be having at it in the...; Tags: Community, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Technology, Virtual Machine, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-15

iPhone 3G poses barriers to business adoption: UK enterprise adoption of the iPhone 3G may be hampered by security issues and Apple's exclusive partnership with O2, among other factors. For years, Apple has paid little attention to products for enterprise users. Now it's pitching its new iPhone 3G as: "The best phone for business. Ever". But...; Tags: Barrier, Apple iPhone, Phone, O2 Plc., John Romeis, Gordon Barnes, Paul Jarvis, Phil Jackson, Ignacio Toro Lyng, 3G, Cellular Phones, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Natasha Lomas silicon.com, iPhone 3G, smart phones, Apple, IT; News items 2008-07-11
GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky: GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
Obama resisters claim campaign to silence blogs: On the battlefield that is Blogger, a fight is raging, apparently, between pro- and anti-Obama bloggers. Some pro-Clinton, anti-Obama bloggers are reporting that, all of a sudden, their blogs are being flagged as spam – and Google bots have dutifully blocked the bloggers from updating their sites. Simon Owens reported...; Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-01
News to know: Nokia Symbian; XP phase-out; Apple badware: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30 Dancho Danchev: Trojan exploiting unpatched Mac OS X vulnerability in the wild Spam attack shut downs Marshall Islands email service 200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Symbian Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), E-mail, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Advertising & Promotion, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Management, Marketing, David Grober; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing up: Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing upSorry Dana, but you scewed upHi Dana,I totally agree that more transparency would be a good thing for Sun and its products and projects, and more openness would be the next big step. Beyond that I don't agree with much that you wrote here.>...; Tags: Team management, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Simon, non-development community, open source project, team, MySQL; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
Sorry Simon, but you're still screwing up: No one person, inside or outside Sun, should be plotting its open source strategy. You can guide it, you can concentrate your own energies at key points, but there is no I in team. Open source requires team-building. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-24
IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC: Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...; Tags: Supercomputer, Blade, Sony Playstation, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Supercomputing, NNSA Supercomputer, Roadrunner, Roadrunner System, Intel Quad-core Blade System, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-18
SocialCalc: a killer app?: David Greenfield details SocialCalc, the wikified spreadsheet from SocialText. While David's assessment is comprehensive, I partially disagree with his analysis that: ...SocialCalc will have a long way to go. Today there's no Excel integration, something that Google Sheets already offers. What's more the range of functions provided with SocialCalc...; Tags: Killer Application, Socialtext, Spreadsheet, SocialCalc, Google Sheet, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-10
News to know: Adobe; Apple; Facebook; Microsoft security: Notable headlines: Zack Whittaker: Students try to bring down Facebook Dancho Danchev: Microsoft's CAPTCHA successfully broken Ryan Naraine: Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warning Obama looking for help thwarting Web site hackers Chinese female hacking group spotted ActiveX...; Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Fuel Cells, Utility Computing, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Amazon bolsters Kindle catalog, inks pact with Simon: Amazon bolsters Kindle catalog, inks pact with SimonThe Kindle - and new writersThe news from Amazon, Mr. Bezos and the outlook for the Kindle is particularly interesting for new writers: for now it seems, electronic readers are providing traditional content but with the lowering of overhead costs (and for the...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Simon; Discussion threads 2008-05-30
Amazon bolsters Kindle catalog, inks pact with Simon & Shuster: Amazon said Friday that the Kindle will get 5,000 additional titles from Simon & Shuster for its e-book library. Simon & Shuster is a unit of CBS, which is buying CNET, parent of ZDNet. With the Simon & Shuster deal, Amazon adds titles like...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Digital Content, Simon & Shuster, Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-30
Does running Vista make you feel safe from malware?: [UPDATE - This is a reposting of a TalkBack comment I made on Ed Bott's post "Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS": Are we disagreeing? ??? I start the post by referring to the PC Tools report (at the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, UAC, UAC Prompt, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Neil Young gives his name to a spider: Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University ECU professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...; Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-09
(XP SP3 - Installation gallery): (XP SP3 - Installation gallery)XP SP3Installing this Service pack on my computer resulted in major problems!!!! Had to do a complete reinstall of windows to restore my system to operating condition!RE: (XP SP3 - Installation gallery)If this is as bad as hickoryshirt says why are you placing it...; Tags: XP SP3, Installation Gallery, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
UFO News (gadget): Direct links to George Noory of Coast to Coast Am reaching 20 million listeners each night, Jeff Rense his radio show reaches 15 million listeners each night and 78 of the top UFO, Alien abduction, Cattle mutilation and Crop circle researchers on this planet starting with Mar Allin, Colin Andrews,...; Tags: Horn, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-16