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Colin Steele


October 22, 2010  3:09 PM

Choosy admins choose vSphere



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

In yesterday's blog post on the Hyper-V vs. VMware fight (or lack thereof), I mentioned that 76% of virtualization users named VMware as their primary platform, compared...

October 22, 2010  2:20 PM

VMworld 2010 labs by the numbers



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, VMUG, VMworld 2010

I attended the New England VMware User Group meeting yesterday in Atkinson, N.H. The day started off with a VMworld 2010 recap, with a focus on the extremely popular labs. Here are some...


October 21, 2010  10:47 AM

Hyper-V vs. VMware not much of a fight these days



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

The July 2009 release of Microsoft Hyper-V R2 came with a lot of hype. Not just "Wow, this Hyper-V thing really has a chance to take off!" hype. We're talking "


September 30, 2010  7:18 PM

Still a long way to go on the virtualization road



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Gartner

I know you're sitting on the edge of your seat, waiting for us to release the results of our "Virtualization Decisions 2010 Purchasing Intentions Survey." Fear not. It's coming next week. To whet your appetite in the meantime, Gartner has some


September 27, 2010  5:09 PM

Virtualization Vendor Profile: Virtustream



Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing, Colin Steele, managed services, Virtualization management

Welcome to the latest edition of the Virtualization Vendor Profile. Every once in a while I’ll talk with a smaller or lesser-known company, learn about their business, discuss some industry trends, and write up a recap. A few years back, managed services was a big buzzword. But then...


September 24, 2010  5:56 PM

Virtualization Vendor Profile: Hyper9



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Virtualization management

Welcome to the latest edition of the Virtualization Vendor Profile. Every once in a while I’ll talk with a smaller or lesser-known company, learn about their business, discuss some industry trends, and write up a recap. We just closed our Virtualization Decisions 2010 Purchasing...


September 16, 2010  10:19 PM

VMware, Novell in acquisition talks, WSJ says



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Colin Steele, Novell, VMware

A VMware/Novell acquisition is in the works, according to The Wall Street Journal. The paper has just reported that Novell "is in advanced talks" to sell its SUSE Linux operating system...


September 16, 2010  7:28 PM

Talking VMworld with the VMware community



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Colin Steele, VMware, VMworld 2010

Before VMworld, VMware's social media guru John Troyer came on our This Week in Virtualization podcast to preview the show. This week, John returned the favor and invited me on the


September 16, 2010  6:41 PM

Virtualization Vendor Profile: UShareSoft



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, private cloud, Virtual appliances

Welcome to the latest edition of the Virtualization Vendor Profile. Every once in a while I’ll talk with a smaller or lesser-known company, learn about their business, discuss some industry trends, and write up a recap. There were lots of first-timers at


September 15, 2010  6:38 PM

Odds-makers: Who’s buying Novell?



Posted by: Colin Steele
Citrix, Colin Steele, Microsoft. Intel, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, VMware

The New York Post got the scoop today that Novell is selling itself in two parts: its SUSE Linux business will go to a mysterious "strategic buyer," and the rest to a private...