Virtualisation
Registrations for HP Discover continue – and it’s not too late
HP Discover is in Las Vegas between 11th June to the 13th and it’s set to be a great event with some great content as well as opportunities to leverage from the hands on labs, the sessions and on site communities. The core reasons for attending HP Discover are: Keeping up to date with HP [...]
Bringing virtual workspace to your mobile
http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-horizon-Verizon-051513.html BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and PALO ALTO, Calif., May 15, 2013 — Verizon Enterprise Solutions and VMware today announced the immediate availability of a dual persona solution for Verizon enterprise customers. Now available on Android-based LG Intuition™ and RAZR M by Motorola smartphones, VMware Horizon® Mobile™ offers strong security and simplified management of corporate information [...]
VMware to Announce vCloud Hybrid Service
http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-vcloud-hybrid-webcast-043013.html PALO ALTO, Calif., April 30, 2013 — VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that Pat Gelsinger, CEO, and Bill Fathers, senior vice president and general manager, Hybrid Cloud Services Business Unit, will present at a VMware-sponsored live webcast to unveil a new cloud service on Tuesday, [...]
Dell delivers Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise edition
http://www.dell.com/Learn/us/en/uscorp1/press-releases/2013-04-30-dell-software-foglight-enterprise Dell Software today announced the release of FoglightTM for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition (formerly vFoglight Pro). Building on the success of the Quest vFoglight™ Pro virtualization management solution, Dell has re-branded vFoglight to Foglight for Virtualization to better align the solution as a core component of the Foglight family, and has added performance monitoring support [...]
Cloud is changing the industry, embrace IT or move along
http://www.techpageone.com/technology/time-for-a-cloud-intervention/#.UVsoo3twbIV While cloud computing is a relatively new concept, the National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST) definition of cloud has had a time-tested definition in place since September 2011. NIST states cloud computing — public or private — has five characteristics: On-demand self-service Broad network access Resource pooling Rapid elasticity Measured service This got [...]
Updates to BuildMyVirtual for iPad thoughts?
http://www.bladewatch.com/applications/buildmyvirtual I got BuildMyVirtual our intranet and iPad application written in response to a request from one of our CIO friends, he needed something to get him off spreadsheets for requesting virtual machines which were rather unpopular both within IT and to their customers. The concept was always kind of white labelled in that I [...]
Talking about SMB’s, cheapseats, club class and enterprise grade
http://www.zdnet.com/why-vmware-needs-to-focus-on-smbs-7000012969/ Thinking of VMware’s dominance in server virtualization made me wonder how the company approaches small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and it occurred to me that the focus is really on enterprises. Are SMBs an afterthought for VMware? No, says VMware but yes, say analysts and SMBs. Given that VMware has only begun to focus [...]
Recognizing commodity is a reality and ‘go live checks’
Chris called me up, he remains a happy man walking around sunny (but cold) Canary Wharf and is now leading the Windows operations team for a multinational, we continue to keep in touch discussing what’s going on and he emailed me a single line question. We’re building medium’s do you bother with production checks anymore? [...]
Thoughts on proof of concept and rapid deployment
I was having a debate with a programme manager colleague who is a massive fan of end user empowerment, of rapid provisioning and self service portals, he and I are often at odd’s, he likes to remind me of my olden days nature, that I need to join the cloud and self service revolution. After [...]
VMware on multi-device era and hybrid cloud
http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-corp-strategy-031313.html NEW YORK, March 13, 2013 –At a Strategic Forum for Institutional Investors today, VMware (NYSE: VMW) CEO Pat Gelsinger outlined the company’s strategy, revealing more details about its plans to deliver the software-defined datacenter, expand its hybrid cloud offerings and empower the multi-device era. “VMware’s vision is to empower people and organizations by radically [...]
