IT Infrastructure
Veeam and Vizioncore (Quest Software) seem intent on one-upmanship, especially when it comes to first-mover status for rapid recovery capabilities in VMware environments. Veeam has Instant VM Recovery while Vizioncore has FlashRestore; end-users just care that vendors are focused on rapid recovery techniques.
Veeam is taking advantage of VMware snaps ...
In between the cloud rhetoric and virtualization hyperbole at this year’s VMworld, I’m starting to see a few significant announcements.
RSA Security made one of these by introducing virtualization intelligence in its Archer compliance suite.
What’s the big deal? IT operations needs standard server configurations to meet compliance ...
"A cohesive desktop strategy should provide secure, direct access to many types of applications, including SAAS [software as a service] and legacy and mobile applications, regardless of device type or location," said Mark Bowker, senior analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group.
via VMware Upgrades Its Virtualized Desktop Lineup - Virtualization from eWeek.
So, it’s been a busy old week or two in the land of fun and speculation – and, yes, when I say that, I’m talking storage! The last two Mondays have been dominated by ‘thin’ news – first Dell bids for 3PAR and then HP enters (at least ...
Tony Palmer, senior engineer and analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Lab, said Coraid's value is that it provides a storage system that is easy to manage at a low cost.
via Coraid EtherDrive array targets cloud storage.
Brian Garrett, vice president, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Lab, was part of an ESG team that tested EMC's new unified storage capabilities, and was also impressed by the new Unisphere.
via EMC ships primary data reduction, FAST for solid-state drives (SSDs), unified management.
Brian Garrett, vice-president covering server, storage, data management and security at the Enterprise Strategy Group’s ESG Lab, said the FCoE integration aims to provide a path forward for IT shops that have already placed a “big bet” on fibre channel storage.
via EMC releases upgraded Clariion, Celerra storage units - Page ...
Why? Several reasons.
HP wants to own the IP of high-end storage, not OEM it.
3PAR is sort of the only game in town in the next high-end wave that can conceivably take on Symmetrix, USPV, or Shark. Note I say conceivably.
HP believes (accurately) that 3PAR’s growth or lack ...
"Clearly, when you go in with a bid that's a 33.3% premium [over a rival's bid] it's a competitive bid and not based on what the company is worth," said Mark Peters, an analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group in Milford, Mass.
via HP or Dell -- which is the better suitor ...
ESG research shows that desktop virtualization is quickly running up the priority list. While many desktop virtualization initiatives are the result of the success of server virtualization, the majority of deployments we see are led by a larger company-wide initiative to incorporate desktop virtualization into an overall desktop strategy. The ...
