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Shapes in the Clouds

by Dwayne Melancon

Just reading up on the emergence of the Cloud Security Alliance, courtesy of Chris Hoff’s blog. The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) seems like a good move. According to Hoff, it’s not a secret star chamber-like cabal of illuminati figurehead organization: “It’s a good mix of vendors, practitioners and interested parties who are concerned with framing [...]

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How much is virtualization hurting you?

by Dwayne Melancon

Is virtualization is doing more harm than good?  That’s what a very good virtualization article from Datamation is asking.  The article summarizes a December survey of 137 enterprises and says… “…companies do much better in improving performance for business-critical applications when they’re in a physical environment, rather than in a virtualized environment. That’s because they [...]

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Everything old is new again?

by Dwayne Melancon

I was reading up on tech trends for 2009, and stumbled across Network World’s piece on hot technology, and found the section Virtualization: Hot Technology for 2009. For many of us have been dealing with virtualization for years sometimes it doesn’t necessarily feel like it qualifies as new any more.  And, inevitably, the “what’s next” [...]

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Virtual Mythbusting and Overcommitment

by Dwayne Melancon

On Network World’s Microsoft Subnet, there is a very solid article on “9 Myths of Microsoft Virtualization -  Busted or Confirmed."  It’s actually an interview with Microsoft’s Mike Neil (general manager of Microsoft virtualization) and it is a fun read. One of the myths I was very interested in was this one: No. 3. VMware [...]

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Do you know virtual Jack?

by Dwayne Melancon

Computerworld has a good “primer level” quiz about virtualization going on at their site.  It’s a good check on what you know (or think you know) about virtualization. You can study up on what you missed, as they also provide good information on each of the questions and why each answer is deemed “correct” by [...]

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Don’t wanna be a virtual Houston, do you?

by Dwayne Melancon

Reading up on VM sprawl this morning with some help from DABCC, Alan Murphy, and Chris Hoff.  At issue is whether “rogue” VM’s and other unsanctioned VM’s (or ones that leave on laptops, etc.) are a big problem for the enterprise.  These folks are debating the topic like crazy both on their blogs and on [...]

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