Monthly Archives: February 2009

Microsoft’s biggest enemy: The Cloud!

Microsoft watchers think nearly all profits come from Windows and Office. (This decade, we have had Office 2000, 2002 (XP), 2003 and 2007). The rest of Microsoft’s software is peanuts.
When the umpteenth Windows version appears, Microsoft isn’t really pushing Windows. [...]

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Microsoft researchers and the future of Cloud Computing

Microsoft better hurry before VMware abandons this virtualization space and runs to the Clouds.
at Microsoft Research TechFest 2009, Microsoft announced a new research organization called “Cloud Computing Futures”. Cloud computing research begins with a key concept: the data center is [...]

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VMworld 2009 ends and VMware’s vCloud platformization strategy unfolds with vCloud APIs

My personal and deep analysis will follow very soon.
Singing the vcloud API standard song is very astute. It reassures all people already on board and climbing on board the VMware bandwagon that VMware is open and not looking to lock [...]

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Venrock Leads Investment Round in Hyper9, Mike Maples Sr. Joins Its Board of Directors

Austin, TX (February 26, 2009) – Hyper9, Inc. (www.hyper9.com), the leading provider of management information for virtual infrastructures announced today that it has raised $8 million in a series B funding round. Venrock, a highly respected venture capital firm, led [...]

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Death of a Singular Cloud: How do I migrate my data and services!!!

Well I am not going to tell you all the rosy pictures of singular cloud offerings. As we move towards working with VMware’s vCloud initiative, we must watch this and really be reminded of some really troublesome issues around your [...]

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VMware vExpert Award 2009: My humbling moment!

I am deeply grateful to the community for choosing me. There are a lot more cooler guys out there than me. I am deeply grateful indeed!
Congratulations! On behalf of VMware, we would like to thank you for all the work [...]

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VMworld Europe 2009 Announcements – Age of MicroVlogging Mania ala Twitter!

I’m going to focus on:
- Fast 30-60 seconds vids covering a lot of folks , call it “Do-Or-Die in 2009 session”
- Quick instant published vids for your eyes only
We will eventually rate the vendors as -
- Cool
- Somewhat cool
- Uncool
- [...]

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vCloud Panel Discussion: Session DC 31, Atos Origin may announce some Cloud Services

Hope to see you guys there. There will be some cool announcement there and I can only blog about it after I’ve done my chat there (with my colleague).
Solution Overview
1 Hour
DC31 – What’s New In the Enterprise Cloud ?
Are cloud [...]

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VMworld 2009: Atos Origin wins “Most Advanced Use for VMware VI within EMEA-North Award”

This is great news for Atos Origin and given that Atos Origin will move into the vCloud initiative aggressively, it might be very interesting to keep watching this space.

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VMworld Europe 2009: vCloud Announcement: Want to attend my Cloud talk? Come meet me at DC 30, Tuesday!

I will be covering VMworld; will be representing my employer [Atos Origin] and speak about some our our emerging Cloud Services, especially our vCloud Readiness Asessment services etc.
Also meeting a lot of partners but mainly focus on several things. Here’s [...]

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