Dell is the future for EMC and, incidentally, for VMware. But how is this future going to be formed? Assuming the stockholders agree, the deal will go through. How will Dell ingest such a large organization with such a diverse product line that competes with Dell—not to mention VMware, which, while part of the Federation, is traded separately. …
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Dell and EMC: A Marriage Made in Heaven or a Match Made in Hell?
Over the last couple of days there has been an ever-increasing rumble that Dell is going to make an offer for EMC. But how is this any different from the much-rumbled-about HP/EMC merger of last year?
Moving to Containers
In this ever-changing world of IT, the legacy of today was once the future of yesterday: namely, hypervisors. Hypervisors are now considered legacy, even though they are seriously underutilized due to issues with fear, uncertainty, and doubt around using these resources to their fullest. The new technology is containers. However, where are the operational tools to …
Yesterday Is Here to Stay
Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos are generating a lot of discussion as the future of application development. We are seeing significant progress towards having these methodologies adopted by enterprises for application development. We have even been hearing that VMware is the new legacy, since containerised applications don’t always need a hypervisor. These “modern application” methods are replacing …
Management Tools: A Weak Spot for Citrix XenDesktop
Forrester recently completed an in-depth study entitled The Forrester Wave™: Server-Hosted Virtual Desktops (VDI), Q3 2015, which offers a complete analysis of significant providers in this space, including Citrix, Dell, Microsoft, and VMware. Overall, Citrix XenDesktop was rated high in most categories; however, one area, management tools, showed a significant deficit.
Workload Tetris Lowers Costs
We all try to do it, we sometimes succeed, but the increased density of workloads escapes many folks, whether they are in a cloud or using an on-premises virtual environment. Are there ways to help us gain more density within our environments? Is it still fear that keeps us from doing so? Are there real …