links for 2008-06-20

• 10 signs HP is serious about software
  The company reported $2 billion in software revenue in the past, and today, industry estimates show software is garnering closer to $3 billion in revenue,
• Automation as a Strategic Issue at HP
  I have to say that the visualization is impressive and the strategic alignment of the softwarestack is convincing. I will keep a close eye on the things happening around there – even though integration all the new acquisitions may still take some time
• VMWare and HP align products to bring greater management and insight to virtualized environments
  he two companies did outline bundling and packaging of their products, in that new software bundles will combine VMware’s Infrastructure 3 software suite with the HP Insight Control Environment for additional automation benefits.
• Lanamark leaves the stealth mode and enters the capacity planning market | virtualization.info
  The company in fact doesn’t plan to directly sell its platform to customers, but rather aims at offering it only to OEMs and service providers.
  (tags: virtualization capacity)