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Colin Steele


January 10, 2011  3:20 PM

Microsoft vs. VMware: To the cloud!



Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing, Colin Steele, Hyper-V vs. VMware, private cloud

"Virtualization alone does not a cloud make." Seems like a pretty innocuous statement, right? Not when it's on a Microsoft billboard, and that billboard happens to be along a stretch of highway that VMware employees take to work. The inference is that VMware, for all its cloud talk, is just a...

January 5, 2011  4:39 PM

Server virtualization tops 2011 IT priorities



Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing, Colin Steele, server virtualization

IT managers still have server virtualization on the brain as they head into 2011. Server virtualization is the top priority for IT managers in 2011, according to TechTarget's 2011 IT...

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December 16, 2010  5:21 PM

Paul Maritz talks Microsoft, Oracle



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Paul Maritz knows VMware has a target on its back. The VMware CEO was the latest guest on Fortune's "Connected with Adam Lashinsky," where he talked about VMware's standing in...


December 9, 2010  9:26 PM

Eminem + Avatar = desktop virtualization ad, of course



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Desktop virtualization, Parallels

Video is a very popular marketing medium in the virtualization world. Some vendors use videos to take shots at competitors, like the infamous "Microsoft Mythbusters" video...


December 6, 2010  6:25 PM

Juniper acquires Altor for virtualization security



Posted by: Colin Steele
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Juniper Networks acquired Altor Networks, a popular virtualization security vendor, for $95 million today. Altor makes Virtual Firewall, which took the bronze medal in the...


November 30, 2010  5:57 PM

Hyper-V finds niche in Europe, survey says



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CA, Colin Steele, Hyper-V vs. VMware

Americans and Europeans often have different tastes when it comes to football...

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November 23, 2010  8:05 PM

PaaS vs. IaaS: What’s Microsoft’s private cloud vision?



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It's hard to avoid the obvious cliche on this one: Microsoft's private cloud messaging is getting very cloudy. Back in July, at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, all the talk was about


October 27, 2010  4:52 PM

Microsoft not the Apple of virtualization’s eye



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Colin Steele, Hyper-V vs. VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V

It's not a good morning for Microsoft. Execs are waking up to reports of the company's demise from two major business publications: CNNMoney,...


October 26, 2010  7:33 PM

Hyper-V R2 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate is out



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Microsoft Hyper-V

Hyper-V's long-awaited Dynamic Memory feature is one step closer to general availability. Microsoft made the Hyper-V R2 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate available today as part of the


October 25, 2010  7:22 PM

VMware ‘If Only’ campaign goes after SMBs



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Hyper-V vs. VMware, VMware

VMware boasts that its customers include the entire Fortune 100, 491 of the Fortune 500 and 955 of the Fortune 1000. Those are all impressive figures. But if you're a small company, you might look at those stats and think,...