VCE Continues to Demonstrate Solid Momentum
VCE remains the vendor that, when I mention their name, the lights go on and people seem to get the value of ICPs (integrated computing platforms). While many vendors are participating in this market,...
View ArticleDell VRTX Wraps in Additional Features
Earlier this year, Dell introduced its PowerEdge VRTX into the market with a goal of simplifying IT infrastructure for midmarket customers and ROBOs (remote office branch office). Further details and...
View Article3 Highlights with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
With any server operating system upgrade, IT is always looking for the hooks that help motivate the upgrade process and deliver additional value. Sometimes it is as simple as better performance, a...
View ArticleThe Power of 3: Citrix, Cisco, and NetApp Deliver Data Center to the Desktop
The synergies, engineering efforts, and go to market execution of these three companies should not be underestimated in a time where IT organizations are looking for integrated solutions and businesses...
View ArticleBusinesses Report Significant Use of Desktop Virtualization Technology
Desktop virtualization is an alternative PC delivery model in which applications, operating systems, user data, profiles, and/or entire end-user environments are encapsulated and delivered to or...
View ArticleSimplivity Changing the Way IT Runs
If you are having any doubts about the IT infrastructure consumption model changing, Simplivity’s series C of $58 million should catch the attention of a lot of IT vendors and IT consumers. Consuming...
View ArticleIgnoring Microsoft is Risky
For all the years I have been in IT, it’s been easy to poke at Microsoft. Whether it has been blue screen of death, countless hours rebooting, or performance slumps on the desktop. Over time, it’s been...
View ArticleHoliday Shopping? Android, Apple, or Microsoft
Have you ever noticed how we are all considered IT experts come the holiday time? Brothers, mothers, grandfathers, aunts, cousins and close friends all turn to us for their latest technology purchasing...
View ArticleMicrosoft Cloud OS Network Strengthens Weak Link
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View ArticleDesktops and Apps On the Go
I still remember the day I had to feed the PC with 20+ 3.5” disks to load it up with Windows 95. The ultimate result of the install was fantastic for time, but the process was like watching paint dry!...
View ArticleEnterprise Mobility and the Cloud highlight Microsoft TechEd Conference
This year's TechEd conference was enlightening in Microsoft's approach to the topic of mobile security. Some highlights can be viewed on my blog. The core message of endpoint device flexibility and...
View ArticleAWS re:Invent(ing) IT, Business Models and Marketing
AWS held its third annual re:Invent user conference with 13,500 attendees in Las Vegas last week. While the event had similarities to other IT conferences that included an expo floor, keynotes, and...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Opportunities for VMware EVO:RAIL Partners
In a recent survey, ESG found that more than one-third of research respondents have deployed Integrated Computing Platforms (ICPs). The results validate the idea that an alternative IT infrastructure...
View ArticleCisco: See No EVO, Hear No EVO, Speak New Partnerships
It hasn’t been lost on the IT vendor community and IT professionals that Cisco is absent from the VMware EVO:RAIL partner program. With all of the powerhouses participating in the program, you’d think...
View Article2015 IT Data Center Infrastructure Convergence Predictions
IT infrastructure is constantly riding the often-tumultuous waves of consolidation and separation. A typical example would be the eras of mainframe, open systems, and PC computing. No surprise there....
View ArticleVCE Continues to Demonstrate Solid Momentum
VCE remains the vendor that, when I mention their name, the lights go on and people seem to get the value of ICPs (integrated computing platforms). While many vendors are participating in this market,...
View ArticleDell VRTX Wraps in Additional Features
Earlier this year, Dell introduced its PowerEdge VRTX into the market with a goal of simplifying IT infrastructure for midmarket customers and ROBOs (remote office branch office). Further details and...
View Article3 Highlights with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
With any server operating system upgrade, IT is always looking for the hooks that help motivate the upgrade process and deliver additional value. Sometimes it is as simple as better performance, a...
View ArticleThe Power of 3: Citrix, Cisco, and NetApp Deliver Data Center to the Desktop
The synergies, engineering efforts, and go to market execution of these three companies should not be underestimated in a time where IT organizations are looking for integrated solutions and businesses...
View ArticleBusinesses Report Significant Use of Desktop Virtualization Technology
Desktop virtualization is an alternative PC delivery model in which applications, operating systems, user data, profiles, and/or entire end-user environments are encapsulated and delivered to or...
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