August 30th, 2012

What Is An Open Cloud And What Isn’t?

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Over the past few days I’ve been in San Francisco for VMware’s annual show and in San Diego to spend some time with  the technologists at CloudOpen – the Linux Foundation’s first cloud only event.

The two shows demonstrate how the cloud world is maturing.  And as it matures, the stakes will get higher. This is quite evident when you consider how much VMware is trying to move beyond its… → Read More

August 27th, 2012

VMware Gets A New Boss – Paul Maritz Turns Over Job To EMC COO Pat Gelsinger

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Paul Maritz turned over the job of VMware CEO to EMC’s COO Pat Gelsinger on stage at VMworld today.  It’s a move long expected that tells us more about the company’s future direction as it moves into new territory beyond its enterprise kingdom.

There are battles ahead with the likes of Cisco, trust to gain and lose with the open source community. Gelsinger will now have to lead the evolution… → Read More