Google "DaaS" and the first listing you'll get is "Doug Anthony All Stars" in wikipedia. In case you think you're momentarily blanking out, don't worry: it's an Australian musical comedy group. Then a little further down the page you can spot the "Tangawarra DAAS protection society". And please don't ask me what that is because I'm clueless. The DaaS I'm talking about is "desktop as a service".
There are many types of virtualization out there. It can apply to hardware, OS, network, I/O, storage, desktop and individual applications. Often when the term is used these days, the first thing many people think of is server virtualization and consolidation. While this is the low-hanging fruit for IT shops that have already made the leap, an important longer-term trend is desktop virtualization.
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Posted by Tom Valovic on 04/21/20080 comments
Recently the domain name Pizza.com was sold at auction for $2.6 million. An enterprising gent named Chris Clark bought the domain name in the early 90's for $20. That means an appreciation of...well never mind. But I'll tell you a secret: that could have been me.
Think I'm kidding? In the early 90's I was an editor at Telecommunications magazine. One Sunday afternoon, Brian Kahin over at Harvard sent me an e-mail saying that the Internet was about to be commercialized. That's nice, I thought while yawning. But that set up a flurry of emails with Vint Cerf who was on our editorial advisory board. After a few days of digesting Vint's and Brian's comments, I realized I had tiger by the tail and possbily one of the biggest scoops of the decade.
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Posted by Tom Valovic on 04/14/20081 comments
Hi everyone,
It's my first week on the job and I'm truly excited to be joining Virtualization Review as Executive Editor, working to help fulfill the strong vision that Keith has for this publication. I came to VR from market researcher IDC, where I was involved, among other things, in looking at the business models and trajectories of emerging markets and the impact of IT hardware and software development on selected vertical markets.
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Posted by Tom Valovic on 04/11/20080 comments
VMworld is currently the virtualization industry’s vendor and customer magnet and must-attend show. Although vendor-sponsored, VMworld encourages competitors to attend and, on the basis, has become the industry’s defacto main event. But in the increasingly competitive world of virtualization, that may be changing.
In a recent blog, Simon Crosby, high-profile Citrix CTO and spokesman, explains how and why the company has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet and decided to go after VMware’s longstanding franchise. Basically, Synergy – to be held in Las Vegas on May 4 -- will include Virtualization Congress 2009, an independent virtualization conference run by virtualization.info. The event is also aligned with Network World Live!
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Posted by Tom Valovic on 01/05/20080 comments