Category Archives: Virtualization

Embotics

Posted on June 28, 2012 by admin

I joined the Board of Directors of Embotics this week — a company I have been involved with at various levels for about 6 years. Embotics just received some valuable financing which will go a long way to helping them … Continue reading →

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Citrix Buys Kaviza — an Advisor Story Gone Right

Posted on May 24, 2011 by admin

Kaviza was one of the first companies I started working with as an Advisor. I was referred to them by a business colleague who thought my experience with PlateSpin and the virtualization market would be ideal for their business plan. 18 … Continue reading →

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Virtualization – Does Anyone Really Know how to Do It Well?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by admin

I found myself reading a report on-line today that was showing how poorly companies are implementing virtualization — in particular, how they are essentially falling backwards in achieving greater efficiencies in their infrastructure compared to the wastage they had before … Continue reading →

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PlateSpin Changes Hands Again

Posted on November 24, 2010 by admin

It’s hard not to comment on what has happened this week to the PlateSpin assets.  As Novell completes its transformation through the sale process to Attachmate, i can’t help but wonder if Novell is analyzing what went wrong. Why couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Is Cloud Computing Cloudy?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

The IT industry is famous for creating nebulous trends that consumers, even the most technical, are unable to digest. Cloud computing may be the pinnacle of this as the centerpiece catalyst to change the way IT is used. No one … Continue reading →

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Run Your Own SAS Model

Posted on October 22, 2010 by admin

I have increasingly fallen in favor of companies exploring entering the SAS market — i don’t mean just selling their solutions to ISPs/SAS, etc but becoming a SAS vendor themselves. Many products in the systems management arena lend themselves well … Continue reading →

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Workload Portability – is it the Backbone of The Cloud?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by admin

For those who know the history of PlateSpin, the term Workload Portability is synonymous with much of its product strategy. An idea that surfaced almost 10 years ago, came to fruition in the height of PlateSpin’s success, is enjoying a renaissance at … Continue reading →

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Virtualization for home use

Posted on October 13, 2010 by admin

I have three kids all actively on-line. They use our home computers for school work, for game playing and for whatever experimenting they want to do. I want to see virtualization in the home – i spend a lot of … Continue reading →

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Being successful in virtualization

Posted on October 13, 2010 by admin

I received a call today from someone looking for a CEO to help start a new company to enter the virtualization market — it reminded me (again) of how challenging this market space is. There are well over 250 companies … Continue reading →

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