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Sub-Standard Deployments: VMware’s Achilles Heel

September 11, 2012 By Stephen 3 Comments

VMware vSphere is a truly remarkable product that has redefined the idea of "unprecedented disruption" in the IT infrastructure market. On a feature basis, vSphere 5 remains a generation ahead of competing offerings from Microsoft, Citrix, and others, and VMware is in an excellent position to retain and grow this position. But no company is invincible, and VMware's Achilles … [Read more...] about Sub-Standard Deployments: VMware’s Achilles Heel

Building Virtual Infrastructure in New York City

May 11, 2012 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Even though I grew up on the other side of the great baseball divide, I have always loved going to New York City. Next week, I return again, but this time I'm bringing a whole new event to the city: This is the first time the New York audience gets to see my Building Virtual Infrastructure presentation! I'll miss you, MCA! If you haven't been to my seminars before, let me … [Read more...] about Building Virtual Infrastructure in New York City

EMC VFCache (aka “Project Lightning”) Is One Small Step, But an Important One

February 6, 2012 By Stephen 5 Comments

EMC will today unveil a new product, and will no doubt attract a great deal of press. The modest technical capabilities of VFCache 1.0 limit its use case, but the announcement is big news, since it marks EMCs first foray into the hot server-attached storage market. EMC VFCache is a Simple Read Cache I was not pre-briefed on this product, and I'm not all that thrilled at the … [Read more...] about EMC VFCache (aka “Project Lightning”) Is One Small Step, But an Important One

Virtual Machine Mobility: Of What, and to Where and in What State?

January 16, 2012 By Stephen 1 Comment

Mobility of virtual machines is a sticky wicket. As open systems infrastructure becomes increasingly virtualized, administrators and managers wish to use the technology to balance workload, ease migration, and provide better availability. Although technology is improving, actually moving virtual machines is not always a piece of cake. Let's lay down a baseline of information so … [Read more...] about Virtual Machine Mobility: Of What, and to Where and in What State?

Announcing “Building Virtual Infrastructure”, My New Seminar Series With Truth in IT

December 23, 2011 By Stephen Leave a Comment

We are at a turning point in IT infrastructure. It is now possible to build a completely virtualized and abstracted data center environment, one where applications and operating systems are completely independent from server, network, and storage hardware. Join me in 2012 at a new all-day in-person seminar series as I work through the challenges of building a virtual data … [Read more...] about Announcing “Building Virtual Infrastructure”, My New Seminar Series With Truth in IT

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