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Why is Virtualization Management Adapting Slowly?

When looking at the majority of management solutions for Virtualization presently available, the first thing that may strike you is that these solutions and products don't seem all that different from what was available 5 or ever 10 years ago. There...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Fri, Mar 5 2010

Can Virtualization help IT become more Business Aligned?

This is a question that is often asked by CIOs and LOB Managers, but the answer seems to be different from company to company. All companies want (or at least should want) IT to be aligned with the business, to support business groups and the goals of...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Wed, Feb 24 2010

Join Hyper9 at the Next Minneapolis VMware User Group Meeting - February 26, 2010

For those of you in the Minneapolis area, please join Hyper9 at the next Minneapolis VMware User Group (VMUG) meeting taking place on Friday, February 26, 2010. The VMUG meeting will begin at 1:00 PM. Hyper9's presentation, Virtualization Best Practices...

Posted to Hyper9 Happenings by David Marshall on Mon, Feb 22 2010

Filed under: VMUG

Columbus, OH VMUG Meets Mother Nature

"Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow..." might be the motto of the United States Postal Service, but the VMware users in Columbus , OH and our Hyper9 team members are just as brave and share a similar belief. Even though we're from Austin...

Posted to Word on the Street by David Marshall on Wed, Feb 17 2010

Filed under: VMUG

What happened to the Goal of Business Agility?

This was a mantra that many of the large software companies were speaking about several years ago ( Microsoft , IBM , SAP , ...), "what happened to Business Agility?" There was definite interest from businesses, as being able to react more quickly...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Wed, Feb 17 2010

How Cloud Providers are Spreading Their Bets...

As the Cloud Market continues to take shape, many of the Cloud Providers have chosen to provide combinations of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS. The reasoning behind this is that the market continues to be uncertain and probably will remain uncertain into the foreseeable...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Wed, Feb 10 2010

Nicira = Virtualization + Networking * Diane Greene

After reading a news bit on virtualization.info covering a stealth company called Nicira and its connection to Diane Greene (former CEO and Co-Founder of VMware), I thought it would be interesting to dig deeper into what was being done by Nicira and why...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Mon, Feb 8 2010

Hyper9 Expands in Europe with a New Reseller Agreement with DNM Technology

If you haven't heard by now, Hyper9 was excited to announce that it will be getting some additional help across the pond with a new strategic partnership signed with DNM Technology , an Ireland-based infrastructure consultancy specializing in virtualization...

Posted to Hyper9 Happenings by David Marshall on Thu, Feb 4 2010

Filed under: Partner

What is a Spring Container and what might VMware want to do with it?

What is a Spring Container? If you are a virtualization administrator type and heard about VMware's acquisition of Spring Source and therefore control of the Spring Framework (including the Spring Container) you might be wondering why you should really...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Wed, Feb 3 2010

Wikipedia and Cloud APIs (Universal Cloud APIs - Revisited)

There aren't many independent sources covering "Cloud APIs" - whether referring to "Independent" groups, standards bodies, or specific providers. This lack of sources without an agenda of some type makes it incredibly difficult...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Mon, Feb 1 2010

Why are some Apps better in the Cloud?

Some applications are more easily adapted or are just plain better running in the Cloud than they are hosted or running locally. Some people don't necessarily subscribe to this notion, however after looking as some of the reasoning behind this, it...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Wed, Jan 27 2010

Universal Cloud APIs Examined

With the recent announcement of the vCloud API SDKs for both Java and Python, it seemed as though it might be relevant to investigate the available Cloud APIs, what they do, where they come from, and how they work. There are four Cloud APIs that are abstraction...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Mon, Jan 25 2010

Hyper9 Finishes 2009 Strong - Ready for 2010

I don't have to tell you - 2009 was, well... not the greatest economy. But despite those economic woes, the Hyper9 team pulled together and we were able to still have a very exciting year! We recently launched a press release that showcased a few...

Posted to Hyper9 Happenings by David Marshall on Wed, Jan 20 2010

Filed under: press release, award

Is Cloud Computing Really New? (The History Behind the Cloud)

Is Cloud Computing Really New? Where did it come from? These are questions that are often unanswered or not covered in all of the buzz that companies like Google , VMware , and Microsoft are putting out there around the Cloud. Let's step back and...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Wed, Jan 20 2010

Filed under: Hyper9, vmware

VMware GO - VMware Officially Enters the Hosted / Cloud Application Business

With Yesterday's announcement of the launch of VMware GO, VMware has finally entered the Hosted (Cloud/Web) Application market. Providing services to small and medium businesses to more easily manage their ESXi implementations. On the management side...

Posted to Word on the Street by Dave.McCrory on Fri, Jan 15 2010

Filed under: vmware

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