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                    Just because a site has just one server doesn't mean it can't -- or shouldn't -- be virtualized.
                    
			            - By Rick  Vanover
- 08/26/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    What it is, why you should care and the two primary offerings.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's a two-horse race at the top, but the smaller players are also helping shape the industry's direction.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Curvature and DataCore wonder why it's necessary to  rip-and-replace perfectly good systems.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 08/21/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Apache Mesos project is for large-scale production environments.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's designed to facilitate pushing desktops and apps to any  user on any device through a cloud-agnostic platform.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The head honcho dishes on his company's relationship with Microsoft, whether containers will overtake virtual machines, what attendees at VMworld 2015 can expect and more. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It claims to be VMware-friendly from the start.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 08/11/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tom has a particular interest in software-defined storage topics at this year's show.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dan remembers a meeting with  the Citrix CEO that ended on 9/11.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 08/07/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    They're not always what they're cracked up to be.
                    
			            - By Jon William  Toigo
- 07/30/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    His seat on the board of directors will be given to an activist investor.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 07/29/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    SIOS iQ takes on the "I/O Blender" effect.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/28/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big advances, especially in storage technology, may make it more viable than you realize.