VMware Acquires DynamicOps–Quick Analysis
News this morning that VMware has acquired DynamicOps for a reported $100-$150M price tag. DynamicOps is a provider of IT management services that (and this is the important bit) span heterogeneous environments. It comes the same day Dell finally announces the fraught with stress acquisition of Quest and marks a rapid heating up of the [...]
Thinking about Data Gravity
Dave McCrory introduced his idea of Data Gravity with a blog post back in 2010. The core idea was — and is — interesting, and got some traction from sites like ReadWriteWeb, ZDNet and GigaOM. More recently, Data Gravity featured in this year’s EMC World keynote. But beyond the observation that large or valuable agglomerations of data [...]
Visiting the Switch SuperNAP Facility
While in Las Vegas recently I was invited by Mark Thiele to tour the Switch SuperNAP data center – an invitation I jumped at. Like all guys, I grew up reading stories about soldiers and spies and dreamed of running around in a SWAT team. Entering a facility that has ex-marines patrolling the perimeter in [...]
Video: Forecast 2012 Panel On Cloud Transparency
Last month Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) held their first conference by name Forecast 2012. I had an opportunity to moderate a panel on Cloud Transparency. Cloud Transparency is still a new idea for people but a vital one needed to build the much needed trust for organizations wanting to move their workloads to cloud. [...]
‘Cancer and a bike ride’
Gartner analyst, Thomas Otter, is doing a bike ride in the Rocky Mountains to raise money for cancer.
The long tail of IT: the Indian connection
This is a theoretical post lacking research and analysis – for that, I’ll have to take a few days and I’ll follow up in my next post. However, I have this idea in my head and usually, that leads to something good and insightful. So please bear with me while I set out my thoughts [...]
