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The Disruptive Nature of VMware’s Ecosystem: VMworld 2011 Wrap Session
It’s been a whirlwind week for the SiliconAngle and Wikibon team, as we wrap up another great broadcast from VMworld 2011. Before we pack up, our show hosts John Furrier, Dave Vellante and Alex Williams took a few moments to recap the highlights of this week’s event, and sharing thoughts on what we can expect ...
It’s Not About Technology, but Real Products, says Intel
One of the final spotlight sessions on theCube this week featured an in-depth look at the datacenter, with Billy Cox, Director of Cloud Strategy at Intel, and Jake Smith, Manager of Advanced Technology at Intel offering their company’s perspective on an industry in transition. Standing on Intel’s three pillars of federation, automation and cloud awareness, ...
Networking is Sexy Again, says Arista CEO
Networking is sexy again. At least according to Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista, a rising star in the networking sector. It’s a transitional space that’s balancing much of the convergance taking place in the cloud right now, and Ullal stops by theCube to discuss her company’s position in the industry during VMworld 2011. “The cloud ...
Syncplicity on iPad Solidifies “Anywhere” Cloud Access
Syncplicity Inc., the provider of file management solutions in the cloud that offers instant synchronization, backup, file sharing and collaboration in one integrated solution, rolled out an iPad app today. Users can now browse, share and manage files and folders stored on their PC, Mac, SharePoint servers, on the corporate network or in popular cloud-based ...
Everyone Will Need a Cloud Like Amazon, says Citrix
When it comes to cloud services and VMware partners in particular, there’s always a hint of competition amongst its supporters, even in the most cooperative sense of the word. But this coop-atition is also what helps drive innovation across an entire industry, and during a panel discussion on theCube at VMworld this week, three executives ...
EMC’s Pat Gelsinger Talks Flash Catch Up in Storage Array
A regular on theCube, EMC President and COO Pat Gelsinger stopped by to discuss the changing culture of his company, and what it’s going to take to catch up to Flash storage trends (full video below). Looking back over previous VMworld events, and the past few years of EMC’s progress, there’s some significant milestones that ...
Big Data Spotlight: Hadoop, Local Storage Key to the Future
Big data is a pretty hot topic right now, but when it comes to cloud implimentation, there’s still a lot to learn. Today’s first big data panel at VMworld welcomed Cloudera co-founder Amr Awadallah and Richard McDougall, CTO of Application Infrastructure at VMware, discussing big data, the cloud and virtualization with theCube co-hosts John Furrier ...
Is VMware after Microsoft or Salesforce? VMworld 2011 Blogger Panel
We had some notable bloggers stop by theCube at VMworld today, all anxious to discuss their perspective on this year’s event, where VMware is headed and what’s going on in the virtualization industry. Gary Orenstein and Derrick Harris of GigaOm, and George Reese of O’Reilly Media sat down for a panel moderated by our own ...
Big Data Predicts the Success of Your Business Idea: Enloop Update
It’s well known that big data is giong to be key in the future of business intelligence, helping people at every level of the organization to make better decisions. But what about business intelligence before a business is even launched? What if data could help you determine whether or not a business idea should become ...
VMworld Kicks Off with New Products, Support from Dell, EMC and Juniper
VMworld 2011 kicks off today, and it will be a pretty important event for the virtualization company. Coming off a major server release earlier this year, VMware faced a bit of backlash after its price hike for the new vSphere 5. VMware is also facing increasing competition from Microsoft, which has been ramping up efforts ...