Interviews
Forrester Analyst: Storage Virtualization Is Overhyped
An interesting article at ITPro cites Forrester Research analyst Andrew Reichman claiming storage virtualization to be still a marginalized business despite being a hot topic for a few years now. Reichman told attendees of Compellent’s C-Drive customer conference in Minneapolis that just 17 percent of companies have virtualized their storage systems in some way, with another nine percent in the process of rolling out the technology, while 28 percent are interested in the idea.
8May2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedMicrosoft Puts Forth System Management As Key Differentiator In Virtualization Technology
Anticipating that the market for virtualization software eventually will be commoditized, Microsoft sees management as the key revenue opportunity for competitors offering server virtualization.
22Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedWhat Should We Ask Steve Ballmer?
Upcoming thursday, we’re sitting down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a short Q&A session. We have some questions in mind for the man, but we thought it might be a good opportunity to ask you for feedback on what we should ask as well. Anything goes, but please avoid questions that could make him go crazy.
21Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedIntel Hearts Virtualization
In a piece on Channel Insider, Steve Dallman, Channel Chief at Intel, says he and the company’s channel partners are seeing incredible growth in the server market, despite the increasing use of virtualization technology which should help reduce the number of servers.
10Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedIs Virtualization The Biggest Security Vulnerability In IT Today?
Joanna Rutkowska, the founder of security research firm Invisible Things Lab, reportedly described a new type of virtualization-based malware that could be used to take control of a machine running virtualization software. Because virtualization allows companies to store many virtualized software “images” of computers on a single physical machine, an attack like the one Rutkowska envisions would allow a hacker “not only to control a single machine but to siphon data from any virtual machine it contains”.
9Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedVideo: Cisco Nexus 5000 And Virtualization
DataCenterKnowledge posted a video presentation today we would love to share with you too. It features Dante Malagrino of Cisco and Ed Bugnion of Nuova Systems with an explanation of how data center managers can use the new Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches to optimize their virtualization efforts.
9Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedHP’s Ann Livermore On Virtualization
In an interesting interview with ZDNet UK, HP’s Ann Livermore, who heads the company’s Technology Solutions Group, talks about the difference between HP and IBM and touches upon virtualization.
1Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVMworld Europe 2008 in Video
At this year’s VMworld Europe in Cannes (France), Virtualization.com went wild and recorded dozens of videos featuring marketing, technical & product managers, executives, company founders and analysts from the virtualization industry. To recap of what our insomniac bloggers Tarry Singh and Nicolas ‘ Charbax‘ Charbonnier have been up to in Cannes, we’ve made a dedicated page with an overview of all the video interviews and booth tours.
13Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedMicrosoft’s Ray Ozzie On Cloud & Utility Computing
Interesting interview up on GigaOM today, featuring Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect and industry luminary Ray Ozzie talking about MS’s strategy, the economics of cloud computing and the relevance of desktop and infrastructure challenges.
10Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedPodcast Tip: Andrea Arcangeli on KVM and hypervisor virtualization
A great podcast on LinuxCast (LinuxWorld), featuring Don Marti interviewing Andrea Arcangeli on the topic of KVM and the benefits of the kernel taking on the hypervisor role (rather than separating the hypervisor and rewriting all the supporting structures as Xen does).
7Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVideo: Interview Simon Crosby, CTO of XenSource - Citrix (VMworld Europe 2008)
This interview was recorded at VMWorld Europe 2008 in Cannes, France, and features Simon Crosby, CTO of XenSource (Citrix).
5Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 2 comments | ContinuedVideo: Interview Greg Ness, VP Marketing with Blue Lane Technologies (VMworld Europe 2008)
This interview was recorded at VMWorld Europe 2008 in Cannes, France, and features Greg Ness, VP Marketing with Blue Lane Technologies.
5Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 3 comments | Continued
