Virtualization

Why Enterprises Will Force Down the Cost of Virtualization

Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:27 by mark.thiele

Force it's such a strong word, but it definitely applies if my reasoning has any basis in reality.

The point of this blog is to illustrate that regardless of the intrinsic value of any given tool in the IT tool chest, once it's implemented it becomes a cost. Now, please don't read this the wrong way, I'm not an advocate of the thinking that IT is merely a place that helps us cut the cost of IT. What I am saying is that once you've effectively implemented a new technology solution, managing the on-going costs becomes a factor in your survival.

Data Centers, Networks, the Cloud and Portability, What's the Problem?

Posted Mon, 09/28/2009 - 13:30 by mark.thiele

There's a growing concern in the Infrastructure community about our ability to take advantage of some of the opportunities associated with Cloud computing. The issue revolves around the generally static nature of our networks and security strategy and how current network solutions will limit our ability to adopt cloud sharing, easy DR, and cross cloud or cross site sharing.

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