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- Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer
- I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Wyse, more than just thin clients
- I've followed Wyse for the longest time and yet, when I had an opportunity to speak with Jeff McNaught, CMO of Wyse Technology I was surprised at how far they're business has evolved from that base. The company now is doing interesting things in three areas: virtual clients, cloud computing...
- Tags: Thin Client, Wyse Technology Inc., Thin Clients, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Lanamark Vready
- Mark Angelo, CEO of Lanamark, dropped by to tell me about Vready, a new service his company is offering. I've spoken with representatives with many smaller organizations and think that Lanamark has a good grasp on the problems these organizations are facing when they choose to embark on the journey...
- Tags: Server, Lanamark, VReady Assessment Report, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac or how I lost my socks
- Some demonstrations seem fated to be postponed time and again before the stars align and I'm finally able to sit back and enjoy the show some supplier wants to present. My meeting with the good folks from Parallels seemed to follow this pattern. Since I've known the executives of this...
- Tags: Demonstration, Apple Macintosh, Window, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Construction, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Conversation with Replicate Technologies
- Rich Miller, CEO, and Oren Teich, VP Product, both of Replicate Technologies spent a while providing an introduction to the company and an explanation of what they're doing. It was great catching up with both of them. Rich was the CTO of Univa, a company focused on bringing high performance...
- Tags: Oren, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Adventures in CA Support Day 2
- As I pointed out in the post Adventures in CA support, I received a routine message from CA telling me that my subscription to their CA Internet Security Suite was coming to an end and I needed to purchase an update. When I did and installed the updated software, problems...
- Tags: Software, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Website, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Live migration across different platforms demonstrated
- A while back I received a note from Red Hat's PR company that exclaimed that Red Hat and AMD had successfully migrated a running virtual machine from a dual socket Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5420-based system to a system based on the forthcoming 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, utilizing...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Microprocessor, Migration, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Semiconductors, Processors, Open Source, Hardware, Components, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Adventures in CA support
- I received an Email notice this morning that my support agreement with CA for their Internet Security Suite was ending and that I should pay for an update. Since I'm well aware of how long a Windows XP system will survive on the network without a security breach, I dutifully...
- Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., File Servers, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- VMware follows in Virtuallogix's footsteps
- My friends at VMware recently sent me a note telling me 1) that they had acquired Trango Virtual Processors and 2) they were jumping into the mobile device virtual machine market.Trago VMware has chosen to rename Trago's product as VMware Mobile Platform. This isn't the only entry into this market,...
- Tags: Phone, Handset Company, Mobile, Operating System, Handset, VMware Inc., Hardware, Virtual Machine, VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, Mobile Virtualization Platform, Telecom & Utilities, Desktop Virtualization, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualization
- In a rapid fire presentation, the Ncomputing folks provided a very interesting view into what they've been doing to help organizations take advantage of the unused power in today's desktop systems to support many workloads. As I mentioned in the post Ncomputing: Sharing the power of a single computer, this...
- Tags: Operating System, Benefit, ClearCube Technology, OS Virtualization, Ncomputing, Parallels, Server Consolidation, Blade Servers, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- What's next after server virtualization? Desktop virtualization
- There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to embark on the journey to client consolidation or desktop virtualization. The goal here is to reduce the costs of hardware, software and to reduce administrative and operational expenses....
- Tags: Desktop, Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, Supplier, Client System, Server Virtualization, Parallels, Channel Management, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- What's next after server virtualization? Orchestration
- There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to orchestrate workloads to make maximum use of physical server capacity, reduce power consumption, reduce administrative and operational expenses and create an environment which can assure that each and...
- Tags: Data Center, Server, Resource, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Productivity, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Solera Networks - a different take on management and security
- Solera Networks - a different take on management and securityDan Kusnetzky is funnyI love reading Dan Kusnetzky's articles .. He's smart and funny ..
- Tags: Solera Networks, Dan Kusnetzky, security
- Discussion threads 2008-11-09
- What's next after server virtualization
- Virtualization in the form of the use of virtual machine software isn't the panacea that many seem to believe. While the use of this technology is very helpful if an organization's goal is consolidation to achieve some level of cost reduction, cost avoidance or, on occasion a more agile environment,...
- Tags: Virtual Machine, Organization, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Solera Networks - a different take on management and security
- I was contacted recently by an old acquaintence, Alan Hall, formally from Novell and now with Solera Networks. Hmm. That didn't come out right. Alan is someone I've known for a while. I'm not saying he's old. Alan wanted me to hear about a different way to...
- Tags: Security, Network, Network Traffic, Analysis, Alan, Solera Networks Technology, Packet Capture, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Robo-calls and elections
- Now that the election in the United States has run its course, I can take a moment to comment on one of the more unpleasant tactics used by both the Republicans and the Democrats - robo-calls. These "virtual" telephone calls were meant, I'm sure, to encourage voters to vote (and...
- Tags: Call, Marketing Research, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Sun xVM Ops delivering on promises
- As I pointed out in the post Sun xVM Ops Center, Sun is one of the few companies that has offerings in every category of the Kusnetzky Group Model (see Sorting out the different layers of virtualization if you don't remember the different layers of virtualization technology in the KG...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Ops Center, Enterprise Datacenter, Virtualization, Storage Management, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Rio Grande - an Egenera customer profile
- I recently had the opportunity to hear from Danny Cox, CFO of the Bell Group Rio Grande. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with PAN Manager from Egenera. I've watched Egenera for quite some time and am happy to have had a chance to learn from someone using...
- Tags: Blade, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Rio Grande, Danny, Bluetooth, Servers, Wireless, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- Conversation with Stonesoft
- I had the opportunity to speak with Laurie Douglas, Stonesoft's VP of marketing, and Greg Mead, one of Stonesoft's Sr. Software Architects, about the release of a new product, Stonesoft IPS Intrusion Protection System. It was a fascinating discussion about how security can not be based upon a single point...
- Tags: Stonesoft, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Security, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Scary virtualization dream for Halloween
- I was thinking about what would be scary about virtualization technology. A number of things came immediately to mind. An organization would embark on the journey to a more virtualized environment without a plan, based soley on a single technology, such as virtual machine software An...
- Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
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