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Tag Archives: Virtualization
My Schedule at VMworld US 2017
After having had to miss out on VMworld last year, I’m pleased to announce my triumphant return to the event. Or at least my return. VMworld has always been, in my opinion, one of the best yearly events, not just … Continue reading
Posted in VMware
Tagged Event, Schedule, Virtualization, VMware, VMworld, VMworld2017
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Cisco Announces Intention to Acquire Springpath
On Monday, Cisco ended over a year of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) speculation and announced their intent to acquire Springpath. In this case, instead of Cisco the networking company, we’re looking at Cisco the manufacturer of the Unified Computing System (UCS) … Continue reading
Posted in Converged Infrastructure
Tagged Acquisition, Announcement, Cisco, HCI, Hyperconverged, Software-Defined, SpringPath, Virtualization
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Voting for Top vBlog 2017 is Open — Closes 30 June
It’s that time of year again when you’re seeing lots of “Vote for Me!” blog posts and tweets. This is not one of those posts. Yes, once again, Eric Seibert is running voting for the Top vBlog of 2017 on … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Virtualization
Tagged Announcement, Blog, Virtualization, Voting
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What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5
The big virtualization news from the past week or so was definitely the release and General Availability of VMware vSphere version 6.5, available for download now. New features include: Improvements to vCenter Server 6.5 Transition to Web Client-only Improved host … Continue reading
Avere Systems Announces New Complete Storage Solution
Today, Avere Systems announced its first complete storage solution. Avere is known for their Edge Filers that virtualize NAS systems and/or act as a file-access gateway to object storage. The just-announced C2N solution combines Avere FXT Edge Filers with Avere’s … Continue reading
Posted in C2N, Cloud
Tagged Announcement, Avere, C2N, Cloud, NAS, Object, Storage, Virtualization
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Farewell, VMTurbo. Welcome, Turbonomic!
If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve been a fan of VMTurbo from the start. Well, as of a week ago, VMTurbo is no more. Don’t worry — they haven’t gone away, they’ve changed their name to Turbonomic, to … Continue reading
Voting for Top vBlogs of 2016 is Open!
vSphere-land is running the annual voting for the Top Virtualization Blogs (vBlogs) of 2016. There are so many good blogs out there Eric (who runs vSphere-Land) has made two changes to the voting this year: To qualify, a blog needs … Continue reading
SimpliVity Announces OmniStack 3.5 and OmniView
Today, SimpliVity announced version 3.5 of their OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform and a new predictive analytics offering called OmniView. Introduction to SimpliVity Founded in 2009 with a mission to simplify IT infrastructure, SimpliVity is one of the “Names” in the hyperconverged … Continue reading
Posted in SimpliVity
Tagged Announcement, Hyper-v, Hyperconverged, OmniStack, OmniView, SimpliVity, Storage, Virtualization, VMware
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Cisco Enters Hyperconverged Market with HyperFlex
Today Cisco announced their entry in the Hyperconverged Infrastructure marketplace, a solution called HyperFlex. Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) can be thought of as “Virutalization in a Box”. An HCI solution is one that offers everything needed for server virtualization: compute, memory, network, … Continue reading
Posted in Converged Infrastructure
Tagged Announcement, Cisco, Hyperconverged, HyperFlex, SpringPath, UCS, Virtualization, VMware
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Nutanix Files Intent to IPO
Yesterday, Nutanix announced that it had filed Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Form S-1 is what companies use to proposed creating an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of publicly-traded shares of stock. Nutanix intends to list … Continue reading
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Tagged Announcement, Hyperconverged, IPO, Nutanix, Storage, Virtualization
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