Archive for August, 2009
I’ve come to the realization that “cloud” is nothing more that a confusing marketing term, but a powerful one that captures the attention of press, media, and the vendor community. In most cases, the current cloud messaging isn’t even in alignment with ongoing IT priorities. “Cloud” is used to define ...
Two views exist in the business today.
Technology View: IT Operations looking out the rear view mirror trying to determine which workloads to virtualize and how to do it quickly, efficiently, securely in a highly optimized environment.
Business View: Line of business owners and application owners looking ahead to develop and run ...
I think it was in 2001, a few short years after starting ESG, that the Boston Globe starting pestering me about Dick Egan. Dick was in the process of being appointed the US Ambassador to Ireland, and the Globe was trying to dig up some dirt.
Every day for several days ...
"The Xen Cloud Platform raises the bar -- going beyond the hypervisor to deliver a complete run-time virtual infrastructure platform product that virtualizes storage, server and network resources," Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Mark Bowker says in a press release.
via Xen.org aims for the cloud with open source initiative | The ...
Previously, IT staff and funding resource restraints put electronic archiving systems on the public sector’s back burner, says Brian Babineau, a senior analyst and practice manager at Enterprise Strategy Group.
via KMWorld.com: States step up to the electronic challenge.
"You can picture an environment where suddenly you're developing an application that isn't dependent so much on an operating system--it's dependent on what that platform is," says Mark Bowker an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Citrix Goes After VMware - Forbes.com.
Data collection on corporate PCs is one of the thorniest areas in e-discovery, according to Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) senior analyst Brian Babineau.
via Iron Mountain Digital to add e-discovery features to PC cloud data backup service.
"Sun puts a complete, hardened stack together in its 7000 Series Unified Storage, and the results are impressive," said Mark Peters, an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Speculation Abounds as Sun-Oracle Wedding Day Nears - www.enterprisestorageforum.com.
If Pillar is the first to ship a 2TB enterprise SATA drive, its rivals are sure to follow soon, said analyst Steve Duplessie of Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Pillar Brings 2TB SATA Drives to Enterprise - Business Center - PC World.
It's better to figure out what you really need to save there's software to help and buy only the storage you need, says Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Brian Babineau.
via Document Management: Figure Out How Much Storage You Need - Network World.
