by Chris Wolf | September 20, 2011 | 6 Comments
Remember the days of Windows NT Server? I was among the many who mocked it as a serious data center server operating system. Then came Windows 2000 Server, and perceptions began to change. With the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft turned the tide of server OS dominance in the data center, placing Microsoft on [...]
Category: Server Virtualization Tags: microsoft, vmware
by Chris Wolf | September 8, 2011 | 4 Comments
In a recent Gartner field search study, two early internal IaaS cloud adopters noted that if Amazon was the benchmark by which they are measured in terms of cost, then they had to make tough decisions regarding best-of-breed vs. good enough. In particular, the two clients cited whether deploying a third party virtual switch (i.e., [...]
Category: Cloud Server Virtualization Tags: citrix, microsoft, vmware, vmworld
by Chris Wolf | September 6, 2011 | 7 Comments
VMware recorded a pretty humorous video that was unveiled at this week’s VMworld North America conference. A few minutes into the music video, VMware folks are literally shown dancing on Citrix’s doorstep (outside the Citrix office in Santa Clara). While this could be taken as a simple competitive prank, multiple conversations I’ve had with VMware’s [...]
Category: Client Virtualization Tags: citrix, vmware, vmworld
