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Racing into Cloud Computing with Microsoft Partners
“O Cloud, O Cloud” was Steve Ballmer’s battle cry at the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington DC the week of July 12. With Microsoft driving many of its products into the cloud, the conference became a rally … Continue reading
Visualizing a More Vivid Internet at MIX10
The Internet is a powerful tool. Has anything more obvious ever been said? The Internet has quite possibly revolutionized technology more than any other innovation in history, and to quantify its impact would be nearly impossible. If I were to … Continue reading
Certification – The Road to Graphic Design Success!
Have you ever been in a situation where you walked in to a store to buy something, and came back home only to find that it didn’t work with your existing components or applications? It isn’t the same as walking … Continue reading
How AMD and Microsoft Help Redefine “Efficiency”
Last year I was lucky enough to get a chance to attend Microsoft’s “New Efficiency” event in San Francisco to talk about the importance of the new products they have recently brought to market – including Windows® 7, Windows Server® … Continue reading
Live Migration: The Best Keeps Getting Better with AMD Opteron™ Processors
It’s been a busy couple of months, as AMD has been working in tandem with Microsoft on their whole suite of “new efficiency” products – namely, Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2. There has been a great deal of … Continue reading
Windows 7: The Dawn of the Age of Client Virtualization
I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about server virtualization – and rightfully so. The benefits are undeniable. But, client virtualization is something that I’m also passionate about. In fact, I’ve blogged about how I, along with … Continue reading
New Efficiencies with AMD and Microsoft – How Silicon and Software Make Virtualization Happen
Last week I was in San Francisco at the kick-off of the Microsoft New Efficiency Launch where Steve Ballmer showcased the new releases of three key products used by the businesses around the world: Windows® 7, Window Server® 2008 R2, … Continue reading
When is the last time you heard the market is booming?
CIO.com recently ran a story discussing IDC latest predictions that virtualization spending will increase from $6.5 billion in 2006 to $15 billion in 2011 – with desktop virtualization making up roughly $2 billion of that. And, the story mentions that Gartner reported virtualization management software is set to continue strong growth and hit $2.7 billion this year. Continue reading
A New Window on Client Virtualization
Congratulations to Microsoft as Windows 7 has reached an important milestone with its “release to manufacturing” (RTM), which means it is on its way to becoming pre-loaded on new hardware or a box on a retail shelf. In addition to a … Continue reading
Consistency
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Well, it appears that Ralph never ran a data center. Consistency is the holy grail of the data center, not the hobgoblin. When you have hundreds, … Continue reading
