Virtualization

What is the big event in March? Could it be the March madness college basketball playoffs? Well, yes, but it is also AMD's self proclaimed "Virtualization Ecosystem Month."

I don't usually plug vendor webcasts, but this upcoming one from Cassatt looks interesting. If you go to the webcast, let me know if you like it or not.

It will be the tools more than the boxes that makes the difference in virtualized vendor selection.

Rackspace an Rackable don't necessarily spring to mind when you are thinking about virtualization.

Five great (and somewhat unknown) products IBM would get by buying Sun

I think the (still unconfirmed) talks between IBM and Sun is the latest and maybe final round of tech takeovers before the next big bang. IBM, Cisco, H-P, Dell and Oracle are awash in cash (unlike the banks, more companies and me) and now find themselves in a race. What's the race? I'd call it the private cloud consolidation.

I had a chance to interview Nick Carr yesterday before he was due to deliver his keynote at IDC's Directions09 conference.

The biggest hurdle in getting your company into the clouds isn't technology, but new processes and business management.

Today (Wednesday, March 18), Sun was scheduled to make a big cloud computing announcement. It is looking like Sun's cloud will be colored blue. The WSJ reported early Wednesday a.m. that IBM is in talks (and like all talks, this one may be just that: talks).

If the talks turn into a marriage, here's what happens:

IBM acquires one of iconic Silicon Valley companies.

IBM acquires a really strong group of developers and engineers who have lived on the forefront of cloud computing and virtualization just as those two technologies are hitting mainstream.

In all the hub-bub about networking powerhouse Cisco entering the server and virtualization biz, people have missed that Red Hat Linux will also be an important part of the package. Here's how Red Hat fits in.

How well did the press conference stack up against the five initiatives I suggested?

In Monday's ITÂ?Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches the Cisco "California" Unified Computing rumors fly: what is the networking giant up to? Not to mention tunes remixed by Microsoft Songsmith...

I really like Linux, but why is it so hard to find documentation on removing it and why is it so hard to actually do it?

Free kittens, free beer and free virtualization software

It all adds up to healthcare becoming virtualized.