(This post is part of a series on "Virtualization 101" -- see the first post for an overall explanation of my approach in this series.) Quick! Who out there loves watching progress bars? I mean, who just thinks "man, what I want to do on a Friday night is watch a progress bar with semi-accurate … Continue reading v101 – Data Migration (or “Avoiding all night progress bar parties”)
Author: Andrew Miller
Cisco VXI – all together now – “There’s something to this VDI thing”.
It's been about a month now since Cisco announced VXI (PDF overview here)-- think VDI but with the middle letter mixed up for a little bit of originality. For various bits of official analysis (as I don't know that I should claim full "official" status), you can go here (eWeek), here (ZDNet), or here (Brian Madden). … Continue reading Cisco VXI – all together now – “There’s something to this VDI thing”.
v101 – Sayonara to Overnight Server Migrations
(This post is part of a series on "Virtualization 101" -- see the first post for an overall explanation of my approach in this series.) Have you ever suffered through a long hardware migration? Or been responsible for getting budget approval to approve overtime or comp time for those doing the work? (both being painful … Continue reading v101 – Sayonara to Overnight Server Migrations
Links and Whatnot, Take #1
I will be returning to my Virtualization 101 series but I decided to crib an idea from Scott Lowe and start a category around what I've been reading around the "internets" recently -- links plus some commentary. With any luck I might even step up to 2 posts a week (no shortage of possible topics … Continue reading Links and Whatnot, Take #1
good cloud marketing from EMC
I have to echo Chad here.... http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2010/11/now-this-is-solid-marketing.html that this is good marketing....even if you're not an EMC shop. I actually went through this whiteboard at an EMC Accreditation session a couple weeks back....the various Phases make a lot of sense when you're thinking about private clouds/public clouds/IT as a Service. And of course the various … Continue reading good cloud marketing from EMC
v101, Virtualization for Business 101 (aka “I’m a manager…why should I care?”)
As an engineer, it's often tempting to focus on the "new cool stuff". And also as an engineer, the new cool items are often rather esoteric -- new capabilities or features that people outside of our field can't readily comprehend (simply as they don't do this stuff every day - quick, tell me how DRS … Continue reading v101, Virtualization for Business 101 (aka “I’m a manager…why should I care?”)
“Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.”
A rather bold statement but one that has resonated for me recently. To give credit where credit is due, the title quote comes from a TED talk by Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs (video embedded below) and is actually only one part of his entire talk (warning: some parts describing a few of the dirty … Continue reading “Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.”
How much is an untested Disaster Recovery plan worth?
(This is a conversation I've had several times but figured it merited a blog post given it came up again with a customer this week.) How much is an untested Disaster Recovery (DR) plan worth? Similarly, how much is an infrequently tested DR plan worth? (say once a year) Pardon my being blunt....but somewhere between … Continue reading How much is an untested Disaster Recovery plan worth?
pretty cool…
I can't exactly claim any credit for this given just starting 2 weeks ago but Varrow is the EMC Velocity Partner of the Year for the 2nd year in a row....details here. Varrow Receives EMC Velocity Partner of the Year Award at the 2010 EMC North America Partner Council If anything, I'm feeling like I … Continue reading pretty cool…
Stampin’ Up in the Datacenter!
As some of you may know, there's a fairly successful company out there that's done pretty well among people who like to make cards and scrapbooks. Why? Well, they let normal people (i.e. don't have to be crazy artistic) get very predictable, consistent results when they're making cards and scrapbooks personally (without having to go … Continue reading Stampin’ Up in the Datacenter!
Think Meta 