Industry

Citrix Not Focused on Server Virtualization?

tludwig — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:45:57 -0600

Citrix recently reported Q2 2011 earnings, which was accompanied by the customary Q&A session for analysts. It’s somewhat puzzling to see the Citrix CFO admit that they are not focused on server virtualization. In fact, he even jumped at the chance to praise Hyper-V. Here is the excerpt: Bradley Whitt – Gleacher & Company, Inc.

4 Virtualization Security Basics to Watch

root — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:31:43 -0700

While mobile and smartphone security is the hot topic of the moment among virtualization security gurus, plenty of other virtualization security topics demand IT's attention right now. At the recent RSA Security Conference in San Francisco, the interest in virtualization security ran high - with good reason. Different IT departments are at different points on their virtualization journeys, of course, and some are still thinking about security in the old physical world terms, analysts say.

VMware aims give users more control with vCenter Operations

root — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:31:42 -0700

VMware is integrating performance, capacity and configuration management with the launch of vCenter Operations, in an effort to give users more control over growing virtualized IT infrastructures, the company said on Tuesday.

VMware taps ex-Microsoft execs to battle Microsoft

root — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:47:35 -0700

VMware's Paul Maritz has given up his title of president to four senior executives who will serve as co-presidents of the EMC-owned company. With Maritz - himself a former Windows executive - continuing to hold the CEO title, three of the top five executives at VMware are now ex-Microsoft officials.

The Cloud CIO: A Tale of Two IT Futures

root — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:47:35 -0700

Will the IT group of the future emphasize commodity, or play a vital role in business offerings? CIO.com's Bernard Golden says both views are true -- and the CIO of the future has to push one to make room to achieve the other.

Verizon buys Terremark

tludwig — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:47:34 -0700

A couple of days ago, Verizon bid to acquire Terremark, for a total equity value of $1.4 billion. My colleague Ted Chamberlin and I are issuing a First Take on the event to Gartner clients; if you’re looking for advice and the official Gartner position, you’ll want to read that. This blog post is just some personal musings on the reasons for the acquisition.

Reports spotlight virtualization and architecture recommendations

root — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:31:41 -0700

Today, we'd like to spotlight two great reports that may interest our audience. The first report, written by Abner Germanow and Jonathan Edwards at IDC is titled "Virtualizing UC: Reaping the Benefits and Understanding the Issues for Real-Time Communications." The second report is called "Accelerating UC Deployment with a SIP/XML Architecture" written by Zeus Kerravala, distinguished research fellow at Yankee Group. The reports are sponsored by Avaya and are hosted on Webtorials.

EMC Profit, Revenue Soar on Storage and VMware

root — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:46:05 -0700

Surging revenue from storage, security and virtualization brought record financial results at EMC in the fourth quarter, the company reported Tuesday.

IBM Rolls Out Virtual Desktop Offering

root — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:46:04 -0700

Through its partner program, IBM unveils a virtual desktop offering for small businesses

SolarWinds blows into virtualization and application performance management

root — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:31:43 -0700

The ever-ambitious SolarWinds, a longtime network management fixture, is broadening its reach once again.