http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/03/vmworld-2009/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/03/vmworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-586422 tecosystems » VMware Adds Zimbra: The Q&A Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:15:51 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/?p=2948#comment-586422 [...] Q: What then is the primary motivation for the transaction? A: An analyst colleague, Forrester’s Ted Schadler, in a piece for ZDNet, says “it’s about the seats, and I think that’s partially correct. It’s about the seats, yes, but really it’s about who’s controlling those seats. Zimbra’s strength from an account perspective has always been service provider types; it’s not clear what percentage of the tens of millions of seats are sold through the likes of Comcast and NTT Communications, but it’s safe to assume that it’s substantial. Which are, not coincidentally, precisely the type of customers VMware needs to realize its lofty cloud ambitions. [...] [...] Q: What then is the primary motivation for the transaction? A: An analyst colleague, Forrester’s Ted Schadler, in a piece for ZDNet, says “it’s about the seats, and I think that’s partially correct. It’s about the seats, yes, but really it’s about who’s controlling those seats. Zimbra’s strength from an account perspective has always been service provider types; it’s not clear what percentage of the tens of millions of seats are sold through the likes of Comcast and NTT Communications, but it’s safe to assume that it’s substantial. Which are, not coincidentally, precisely the type of customers VMware needs to realize its lofty cloud ambitions. [...]

]]> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/03/vmworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-578587 EMC and the Cloud, Or Le Nuage et Le Petit Prince Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:48:36 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/?p=2948#comment-578587 [...] Reporting back from VMworld 09 my business partner Stephen O’Grady said: Make no mistake about it, one of the primary assets VMware has in its battle to win the cloud is its enterprise acceptance. While most cloud startups – and even Amazon, to a certain extent, virtual private clouds or no – will have to answer and reanswer questions about their technology, their long term viability and the quality of their support organization, VMware is a known – and for the most part, trusted – entity with most of the Fortune 1000. [...] [...] Reporting back from VMworld 09 my business partner Stephen O’Grady said: Make no mistake about it, one of the primary assets VMware has in its battle to win the cloud is its enterprise acceptance. While most cloud startups – and even Amazon, to a certain extent, virtual private clouds or no – will have to answer and reanswer questions about their technology, their long term viability and the quality of their support organization, VMware is a known – and for the most part, trusted – entity with most of the Fortune 1000. [...]

]]> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/03/vmworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-564695 People Over Process » It’s Virtualization Time – IT Management & Cloud Podcast #54 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:30:35 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/?p=2948#comment-564695 [...] Fellow RedMonker Stephen’s take. Moving between public and private clouds. does VMWare have a “real” cloud, or just [...] [...] Fellow RedMonker Stephen’s take. Moving between public and private clouds. does VMWare have a “real” cloud, or just [...]

]]> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/03/vmworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-563729 People Over Process » Numbers, Volume 26 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:03:01 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/?p=2948#comment-563729 [...] to avoid having it during the same week as VMworld is currently the virtualization conference. See Stephen’s report from VMworld. In the numbers world, though, how about attendees? RedHat didn’t too bad considering (I was [...] [...] to avoid having it during the same week as VMworld is currently the virtualization conference. See Stephen’s report from VMworld. In the numbers world, though, how about attendees? RedHat didn’t too bad considering (I was [...]

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