The Upgrade Dilemma

Does using a microservices or container architecture actually help with upgrades? We often are required to upgrade our networking, storage, operating systems, and application components. Some of those upgrades are security related, while others are not. Almost all of them can impact our application in some fashion. However, containers and microservices are supposed to save …

Just Two Weeks before VMworld: Citrix vs. VMware

With VMworld just two weeks away, some of the key differences between Citrix and VMware are coming to the fore. XenApp/XenDesktop and Horizon are clearly the market leaders in the end user computing space, and Citrix and VMware compete fiercely for superiority. While VMware may have the upper hand with regard to the hypervisor and analytics, …

Block Chain Cure-All?

Block chain is being sold as the cure-all to all the world’s financial problems—so much so that attacks against block chain are growing. Actually, the attacks are against everything but the chain itself these days. Just what is block chain and how can it help? Many sites have defined block chain, so we are not …