Category Archives: Cloud ecosystems
Delivering energy efficiency: best practice for data centres
Between 2010 and 2018, the number of compute instances in the world increased by 550%. [...]
Smart cities are not new: learning from ancient history
Over the last few years, the term ‘smart city’ has sometimes been used simply to [...]
Data science stakeholder engagement: handling objections
Being able to handle difficult stakeholders is a key skill for anyone in business, and [...]
Unsung heroes – the cabling practices
Data centre cabling can be the poor cousin of other, flashier aspects of installation. But [...]
Aggregators expand addressable market
Since we introduced the notion of aggregators as the fastest growing customer segment for technology [...]
The provision of the cloud immaturity on both sides
Outages at cloud providers appear regularly in the news and the reporting frequently unveils a [...]
Dell strengthens infrastructure management portfolio with Quest acquisition
This week, Dell announced definitive agreement to acquire Quest, an IT and systems management software [...]
Which server virtualisation platform is best for storage hypervisor attachment?
Virtualisation changes everything and the road to the 4-pool vision of utility computing has to [...]
Why Object Storage unites vendors
The term object storage is increasingly entering the debate about how data is and should [...]
Re-imagination: the $36 Trillion addressable market
We are big fans of Mary Meeker, venture capitalist and former Wall Street securities analyst [...]
Nutanix proposes a merged compute/storage model
Nutanix uses the image of a traffic sign effectively stating no-SAN to make the point [...]
How the adoption of integrated systems will affect virtualisation choices
Many users are on a journey - moving through consolidation, integration and virtualisation of their [...]
Ill bring my own device if you loosen up your network
Apples grew its revenues by 63% and shipped 134 million iPhone and iPad in 2011, [...]
How we view storage virtualisation futures
Storage virtualisation brought much benefit to IT professionals, and the current wave is unlikely to [...]
We will need hypervisors to handle heterogeneous networking as well
Servers got hypervisors a long time ago IBM put them into mainframes in 1967, [...]
Knowledge transfer amplifies customer and partner success for DataCore
Ease of adoption is a critical but often overlooked success factor. Operational considerations are just [...]
The new generation changes IT, while IT defines their lifestyle
New generations entering the workforce are changing IT priorities in all sorts of areas. For [...]
EMCs federated stance yet to prove long term relevance
Growth in data, its transmission and desire for analytics continue to fuel demand for storage. [...]
Does Microsoft need a virtualisation guru?
Microsoft is the most successful software company of all time, with revenues of $72 billion [...]
Red Hat adds European partners to its virtualisation ecosystem
Red Hat announced today that it has signed up a number of Premier Business partners [...]
Rimini Street’s success testifies to old gaps in the market
Rimini Street is an independent third-party maintenance and support provider for Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, [...]
Chasing down virtualisation bottlenecks
Virtualisation has been with us for a very long time since IBM added it to [...]
FalconStor pursues multi-pronged storage hypervisor approach
FalconStor is a storage software provider specialising in a set of offerings around smarter storage [...]
Aggregators’ experiences create credibility
Early in our research design, we identified aggregators as a significant segment for vendors to [...]
The OVA pushes KVM as the next big virtualisation ecosystem
There is no doubt that VMware and Microsoft have the 2 most important virtualisation environments, [...]
The essentials of the Storage Hypervisor market
We have launched our storage hypervisor study, and in this document we publish our thoughts [...]
Has standalone maintenance past its sell-by date?
As IT budgets continue to be squeezed, we notice more enterprise customers pushing back on [...]
Storage hypervisor adoption dynamics: we want your views
This week, Rainmaker Files launches a study to explore buyer dynamics. We plan to interview [...]
Why storage hypervising is a go-to-market issue
VMware changed the economics of the x86 server market when it introduced its ESX hypervisor [...]
Growing support services for open source solutions
Open source solutions have many supporters, among them global powerhouses like Red Hat and IBM. [...]
Joyent makes long term go-to-market bet
Joyent's newly launched academic programme is laudable for its generosity and practical relevance. It is [...]
Virsto – A Software-Only Storage Hypervisor Supplier
Virsto is relevant to our discussion on the development of storage hypervisors and how they can make [...]
Mobile apps will drive self service
Without ePRO, investigators and their research teams would record outcomes manually, or have to verify [...]
Streamlining operations through as-a-service adoption
The bigger issue is how integration is creeping into the operational domain. With static projects, [...]
The Search For Storage Hypervisor Rainmakers
The x86 server market has been transformed since VMwares introduction of its EXS hypervisor. CIOs [...]
Are your CTOs effective rainmakers?
We reflect on the Big Debate at IPEXPO last week. All three panelists were part [...]
Storage Virtualisation Market Shares, Trends And Discussion
Welcome to our study chapter from our virtualisation research. This is premium content for clients [...]
Its not the age, its the mileage
There is much work ahead as vendors grapple with the challenge of keeping current customers [...]
How do we evaluate virtualisation rainmakers?
A vendors approach to virtualisation makes a big difference to its chances of success in [...]
How we evaluate resource efficiency rainmakers
Efficiency is a goal which IT people continuosly pursue. We see effiency spanning into many [...]
Demand Side Confidence of IT-Cloud
The IT industry is brimming with confidence in its ability to provide solutions residing in [...]
Re-scaling the maintenance footprint
Vendors are obliged by law to provide warranty on the products they sell. IT vendors [...]