Cloud Realities at VMworld 2011
The Cloud Realities Spotlight at VMworld 2011 covered some of the biggest of the biggest disruptors the industry has been seeing lately, as well as the whole big data trend that’s been going on…
Agility, Not Just Cost, Grows Demand for Converged Networks
The four-part Network Convergence Spotlight held on theCube at VMworld 2011 featured analysis from industry experts, and a look into how the big trends in networking are affecting the rest of the datacenter. Part…
VMware’s Tod Neilsen Drop by theCube at VMworld 2011
Tod Neilsen, former COO and now head of application development at VMware, sat down at theCube for the third time now with John Furrier and Dave Vellante. Nielsen detailed that he’s now responsible for…
Tintri’s Kieran Harty on a Different Path than 3PAR
Kieran Harty, co-founder and chief executive of Tintri, stopped by theCube during VMworld 2011. He talked about Tintri’s offering, and his outlook for the company. Harty explained that Tintri developed a new type of…
Microsoft Azure Toolkit for Android Ramps Mobile Competition
Software giant Microsoft has become invested in both the PaaS and mobile markets, and Azure is proving to be a very handy tool bolstering the company’s market share on both ends. Microsoft took an…
Beyond Storage Virtualization: the Future of the Datacenter
TheCube Beyond Storage Virtualization Spotlight at VMWorld 2011, part 4 of today’s session, included Wikibon’s Dave Vellante as the moderator, along with Wikibon CTO and Senior Analyst David Floyer, Hewlett-Packard’s Marc Farley and Steve Kenniston…
Storage Optimization Spotlight: Long Term Benefits of Compression
Steve Kenniston of IBM sat down in theCube for the third segment of the Storage Optimization Spotlight at VMWorld 2011 (see parts 1 and 2 here). Kenniston is in charge of the IBM Real-Time…
Simplified Cloud Management with ScaleXtreme’s New Release
, a maker of cloud management software announced two new cloud offerings, ScaleXtreme Xpress and ScaleXtreme Xpert. This debut blends in into the company’s efforts to increase market awareness to its products, and there’s…
Cisco VP Talks Next Gen Mobility Needs for Virtual Apps
Soni Jiadani, senior vice president at Cisco stopped by theCube at VMware 2011 going on right now to discuss her company, and the IT industry as a whole (full video below). First of all,…
Surf’s Up! Google and OpenDNS Kick off the Global Internet Speedup
The Global Internet Speedup is a new initiative that just surfaced with one goal in mind: to make load times faster for web users around the world. The concept is pretty simple, and companies…