There are a number of factors fueling the need for greater adoption of desktop virtualization within every organization. The obvious is the consumerization of mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones, Kindle Fires, Samsung Galaxys, etc. The proliferation of these devices has built a level of demand that requires the enterprise datacenter to enable the end user, partner, or contractor to work on their schedule; anytime anywhere. An additional factor is the ever increasing loss of …
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Live Chat: The Changing Nature of Storage Virtualization
Tomorrow the ReadWriteWeb Solution Series returns with a live chat: The Changing Nature of Storage Virtualization. The discussion will be led by ReadWriteWeb’s David Strom who will be joined by Wen Yu of VMware along with NetApp experts Jean Banko, Julian Cates, and yours truly. This live text chat system is a new way for us to communicate with you and we’re hopeful you find the conversation informative and add your own comments and reactions.Some …
Forrester Research Report : Storage Choices For Virtual Server Environments
I’ve been on a bit of a analyst report trend as of late. Hopefully you were able to download the report ESG Confirms: Virtualize the Array in order to Best Support the Cloud, the IDC Report: Accelerating Converged Infrastructure with FlexPod, and were able to review the results of the Wikibon research entitled, EMC and NetApp lead in VMware Storage Integration Functionality. Today I’d like to share with you Storage Choices For Virtual Server Environments, by Andrew Reichman with Vanessa Alvarez, Robert Whiteley, …
What My Cousin Vinny has in Common with VMware Storage Integrations
I recently watched the movie, My Cousin Vinny, a rather light-hearted and funny story that stars Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei in a comedic tale about the challenges facing an inexperienced, loud-mouthed lawyer from New York who defends two college students accused of murder in rural Alabama. There’s a scene in the movie that reminded me of the recent Wikibon report on storage integrations with VMware®. If you’ve seen the movie, then maybe you can recall the scene …
ESG Confirms: Virtualize the Array in order to Best Support the Cloud
Does your storage array address the key requirements of your virtual infrastructure? Maybe a better question to pose would be, “What are the key requirements a storage array should provide a cloud infrastructure?” Before you answer I think we should establish a shared set of requirements for storage arrays that align with the goals of cloud computing. I would suggest that any storage arrays being consider for deployment with VMware, or any virtualization technology, must be able …
Has NetApp Abandoned Unified Storage?
The first and only unified storage array vendor, has long been the hallmark of NetApp. Yet with the acquisitions of Bycast and Engenio it appears NetApp may be abandoning the concept of a unified storage array. Is this true, has NetApp abandoned their position on unified storage? If you’re a NetApp customer maybe you feel that your NetApp sales representative fudged the truth a bit when they stated that a NetApp FAS array could, ‘meet …
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