RSSTue, May 26, 2009 - Thomson Reuters is in the middle of a massive virtualization effort involving 20,000 physical machines growing at an alarming rate. The company is increasing storage utilization through virtualization and thin provisioning and using the capital expenditure saving from that to pay for its server virtualization project, which overall will reduce its power consumption as well.
Wed, March 25, 2009 - Whether you prefer the term "utility computing" or "the cloud," the industry is headed in that direction, however slowly, and the transition will have a multifaceted impact on IT in some ways productive, others unpleasant. And it will strike to the heart of the very technology professionals who provide a significant chunk of what is today's enterprise IT.
Wed, November 12, 2008 - Controversial author says cloud approach is reliable enough for many apps, but warns about vendor lock-in.
Thu, October 30, 2008 - Scott Jones, technical product manager with Symantec Endpoint Virtualization. discusses virtualized browsers, Symantec and HP's collaboration efforts, and more.
Thu, September 18, 2008 - At VMworld, VMware CEO Paul Maritz talked about the company's new strategy and new products; he talks here about his experience taking over a hot new company and how experience with a past employer is helping him now.
Wed, September 10, 2008 - What's the future for enterprise computing? A hybrid computing model in which non-strategic apps are outsourced to Microsoft or others, specialized business software is managed by consultancies and internal IT focuses on unique tech contributions, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner predicts.
Mon, September 08, 2008 - As Microsoft formally launches its virtualization plans, SVP Bob Muglia sits down with CIO.com's Kevin Fogarty to talk about licensing gripes from customers and winning the battle with VMware. Microsoft's not looking to make VMs more mobile, he says.
Thu, June 05, 2008 - What's the hardest part of a virtual environment to monitor today? Are enterprises wasting money on storage for VMs? What's next for virtualization management tools? Vizioncore president Chris Akerberg tackles these questions and more in a conversation with CIO.com.
