After sitting through a virtualization sales pitch focused around Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) this afternoon I had several thoughts on the topic I thought may be blog worthy. VDI has been a constant buzzword for a few years now, riding the coattails of server virtualization. For the majority of those…
Month: June 2011
Additional Private Cloud Blogs
For those that are interested and unaware I’ve been blogging for Network Computing for about a month on their Private Cloud Tech Center. You can find those blogs here: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud-tech-center. You should see a new one there every week or so. I will continue to publish content here as regularly…
Server/Desktop Virtualization–A Best of Breed Band-Aid
Virtualization is a buzzword that has moved beyond into mainstream use and enterprise deployment. A few years back vendors were ‘virtualization-washing’ their products and services the way many ‘cloud-wash’ the same today. Now a good majority of enterprises are well into their server virtualization efforts and moving into Virtual Desktop…
My Recent Guest Spot on The Cloudcast (.NET) Podcast
Brian Gracely, Aaron Delp, and I discuss converged infrastructure stack, tech news and industry direction: http://www.thecloudcast.net/2011/06/cloudcast.html. It was a lot of fun to chat with them and we covered some great topics. Related posts: My First Podcast: ‘Coffee With Thomas’ Recent Conversation with the Founder of Tolly Group Shakespearean Guest…
The Difference Between Private Cloud and Converged Infrastructure
With all of the hype around private clouds and manufacturer private cloud infrastructure stacks I thought I’d take some time to differentiate between ‘private-cloud’ and ‘converged-infrastructure.’ For some background on Private Cloud see two of my previous posts: http://www.definethecloud.net/building-a-private-cloud and http://www.definethecloud.net/is-private-cloud-a-unicorn. Private clouds typically consist of four architectural stages (I…