by Tom Bittman | May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment
On May 17, 2011, HP, IBM, Intel and Red Hat (as governing members) joined BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems and Suse to announce the “Open Virtualization Alliance”, or OVA (which means “eggs” in Latin, right?). Their stated purposes include “increase overall awareness” of KVM, “accelerate the emergence of an ecosystem” around KVM, and so on. Sure, [...]
Category: Cloud Future of Infrastructure Virtualization Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | April 7, 2011 | 6 Comments
In the past two months I’ve spoken to an audience of channel partners, had 6-7 lunch roundtables with channel partners in the U.S. and Canada, and I’ve met with a few channel partners in Europe. Two things are becoming increasingly clear to me: the channel will be critical in broader adoption of cloud computing (and [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | October 18, 2010 | 15 Comments
My first presentation at Symposium 2010 was “Server Virtualization: From Virtual Machines to Private Clouds.” Attendance was crazy – the large room was packed, people were standing at the back, and apparently a few dozen were turned away at the door. This proves that server virtualization is not only a hot topic, it’s getting hotter [...]
Category: Cloud Virtualization Tags: Citrix, cloud computing, Microsoft, private cloud, symposium, Virtualization, VMware
by Tom Bittman | October 18, 2010 | Submit a Comment
Gartner’s Symposium this year is a blow-out – more than 7,500 attendees, and more than 1,600 CIOs. That means a very busy week of presentations and one-on-ones. As an analyst, what I always find interesting is “the buzz”. You get a real good sense of what’s hot based on one-on-one load, and one-on-one topics. I [...]
Category: Cloud Virtualization Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, symposium, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | May 24, 2010 | 1 Comment
After spending the day discussing IT operations, here are some musings on the future of IT ops. Traditionally, IT ops has been responsible for managing operationally "dumb" applications. These legacy applications are like infants – they need constant care and feeding. They can’t take care of themselves, and they rely entirely on others to survive. [...]
Category: Cloud Future of Infrastructure Tags: Future of Infrastructure, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | May 18, 2010 | 22 Comments
I continue to talk with clients who understand the concept of private cloud computing, they think they know it when they see it, but they can’t quite explain it in words. A year ago I described The Spectrum of Private to Public Cloud Services, but I didn’t put that in the form of a definition. [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing, private cloud
by Tom Bittman | April 21, 2010 | 12 Comments
I’ve been looking for an excuse to use this cartoon – I finally found it! I’m finishing a research note on some polls I took recently of data center executives, managers and decision-makers. Interesting results. Here’s a summary: (1) The first poll was focused on the top three concerns that data center professionals have with [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing, private cloud
by Tom Bittman | April 16, 2010 | 8 Comments
Private cloud computing is rapidly moving up the Gartner hype cycle. In terms of raw market hype, I think we’ll peak late this year. VMware’s “Redwood” won’t be the only announcement – every major infrastructure vendor in the planet will likely put “private cloud” in their announcements, their marketing, their product names. So before we [...]
Category: Cloud Virtualization Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization, VMware
by Tom Bittman | March 13, 2010 | 5 Comments
Almost all large companies and many small and midsized enterprises are virtualizing. Based on surveys, the majority of large companies consider building a private cloud a core strategy. Surprisingly, that’s even true with midsized organizations – but slow down a bit. While the direction makes sense, be careful about getting too caught up in the [...]
Category: Cloud Virtualization Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | February 9, 2010 | 5 Comments
Do cloud computing providers understand customer requirements? Do customers understand their requirements? No and no, and this is a problem. Today, most cloud computing providers offer one-size-fits-all services – with few options or service level alternatives. As the market matures, there will be thousands of providers, each trying to differentiate by focusing on specific market [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing, private cloud
