by Tom Bittman | March 30, 2009 | 5 Comments
But cloud computing doesn’t need a revolution – capitalism will lead the evolution of cloud computing. With only a few word changes, the opening of the Communist Manifesto could be easily inserted into the Open Cloud Manifesto, announced March 30, 2009: “A spectre is haunting the cloud – the spectre of openness and standards. Amazon, [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: Amazon, Cisco, cloud computing, google, Microsoft, private cloud, VMware
by Tom Bittman | January 21, 2009 | 5 Comments
Cisco’s public blog recently announced an architectural approach they call “Unified Computing”. There’s been a lot of speculation about Cisco moving into the blade server business and so forth. I think Cisco just made clear that in their view the network may be at the center of IT, but “unifying” it with computing and storage [...]
Category: Cloud Future of Infrastructure Virtualization Tags: Amazon, Cisco, cloud computing, data centers, Future of Infrastructure, google, private cloud, Virtualization, VMware
by Tom Bittman | October 18, 2008 | Submit a Comment
Rather than summarize the entire discussion that Ken Dulaney and I had with Cisco’s CEO and Chairman, John Chambers on October 14th at Gartner’s Symposium in Orlando, I’d like to focus on two key points that many people may have missed, but should prove to be critical opportunities and challenges for Cisco in the near [...]
Category: Cloud Future of Infrastructure Tags: Cisco, cloud computing, Microsoft
by Tom Bittman | October 11, 2008 | Submit a Comment
This week at Gartner’s Symposium in Orlando I will be presenting “Virtualization Changes Virtually Everything” and “The Future of Infrastructure and Operations: The Engine of Cloud Computing”. Ken Dulaney and I will also be leading a Masterminds discussion with Cisco’s CEO and Chairman, John Chambers. Here’s what you can expect: On Monday, my “Virtualization” presentation [...]
Category: Cloud Future of Infrastructure Virtualization Tags: Cisco, cloud computing, Microsoft, private cloud, Virtualization, VMware
