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Cloud Turf Wars

In the early days of cell phones, providers faced little competition, but as more providers came online, they began undercutting each other on price. We’ll soon see the same trends take hold in cloud services. Behemoths like AT&T have such massive...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 8:35 AM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Cloud Computing, Data Center, Intelligent Workload Management, Cloud, RichardWhitehead, HIPAA, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Cloud Providers, AT and T, Data Center Solutions

Private clouds taking hold

Just a year ago, we were seeing an almost universal trend of enterprises taking a serious look at adopting public cloud. After all, it’s a way to save a ton of money and get out from under the burden of heavyweight infrastructure. This past year...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 9:31 AM by BenjaminGrubin

Filed under: Cloud Computing, Data Center, Intelligent Workload Management, Cloud, BenjaminGrubin, Data Center Solutions, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, SearchCloudComputing, Forrester Reseach, Harris Interactive, Rich Fichera

The benefits of intelligent workload management for SaaS providers

Recently, I talked about how enterprises are benefiting from intelligent workload management (IWM). But they aren't the only ones capitalizing on this technology. SaaS vendors leverage IWM capabilities to rapidly adjust data center capabilities based...

Published Tue, Mar 22 2011 8:28 AM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Security, Data Center, Intelligent Workload Management, RichardWhitehead, Data Center Solutions, Workload Management, Compliance, SaaS

Is Private Cloud More Than Virtualization?

Many people are under the misconception that private cloud is merely virtualizing their IT infrastructure. Yet it’s actually much more than that. Cloud is more than a shared pool of resources. A well executed cloud environment encompasses attributes...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2011 9:25 AM by BenjaminGrubin

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, Virtualization, Cloud, BenjaminGrubin, Data Center Solutions, Private Cloud, Service Level Management, IT Infrastructure

Intelligent Workload Management: Tackling the Unknown with Ease

IT departments are under increased pressure to adapt technical resources to meet unanticipated changes. Virtualization is an important step toward achieving this goal. By dissolving the bonds between software and hardware, virtualization enables us to...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2011 9:23 AM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, Virtualization, RichardWhitehead, Data Center Solutions, Data Center Management

Identity-Based and Location-Aware Endpoint Management

We talk a lot here about how intelligent workloads are those that are self-aware and can therefore abide by appropriate security protocols. The same can be said for endpoints, such as laptops, desktops and mobile devices. There’s a growing demand...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 9:20 AM by GrantHo

Filed under: Security, Intelligent Workload Management, GrantHo, Data Center Solutions, Endpoint Management, Identity, Endpoints, Healthcare, Desktops, Mobile Devices, Laptops

Don’t Trap your Workloads

As we discussed in an earlier post, the concept of intelligent workload management (IWM) is beginning to take hold in many organizations. By creating discrete workloads—lightweight combinations of software functionality and operating systems in...

Published Wed, Feb 09 2011 3:20 PM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, Virtualization, RichardWhitehead, Data Center Solutions, V2V, Workloads, V2P, P2V, VMware

How Virtual Appliances Reduce Sales Friction - Part 2

Last week I wrote about how software appliances can reduce sales friction . Today I want to elaborate on how appliances make this possible. Software and virtual appliances package your application in a compact, portable form factor that greatly reduces...

Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 3:15 PM by MApplebaum

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, MApplebaum, Data Center Solutions, EasySpooler, ISV, POCs, ROC Software

ISVs, IWM and the Easiest Way to Crush Your Software Sales Targets

As we kick off 2011, many ISVs are looking at the business plans they thoughtfully crafted last fall and are now building out detailed plans and tactics to hit those numbers. But if you’re like most software providers we talk with, you’re...

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 3:51 PM by MApplebaum

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, MApplebaum, Data Center Solutions, ISVs

Coming out from underground: Gaining visibility into cloud applications

As CIOs are all too aware, business users are turning to SaaS and cloud applications in droves. No longer are they willing to make a purchase requisition and wait months for a new server to be acquired to support the software they need. They simply pull...

Published Tue, Jan 18 2011 2:40 PM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Cloud Computing, Intelligent Workload Management, RichardWhitehead, Data Center Solutions

Security in the wake of WikiLeaks

In the face of the WikiLeaks data breaches, governments and enterprises in critical industries will clamp down much more severely to ensure they have all internal and external user entitlements and access closely monitored and controlled. Managing identities...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 3:27 PM by LucySullivan

Filed under: Security, Intelligent Workload Management, LucySullivan, Security Web

The benefits of IWM for enterprises

We talk a lot here at Novell about intelligent workload management. I thought I?d take a moment to back up and explain what we mean by a workload. A workload is an integrated set of an operating system, middleware and the application that accomplishes...

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 1:51 PM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, RichardWhitehead, Data Center Solutions

No More Separation Anxiety

On Wall Street, a millisecond delay in compute time could alter the selling price of a share. This may not seem like a big deal, but it’s a huge loss when you’re transacting millions of shares. To gain maximum performance, banks run high-demand...

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 1:48 PM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, SAP, RichardWhitehead, Data Center Solutions

What is an Identity-Infused Enterprise?

Identity is the core to everything that happens in the enterprise. From something as simple as granting access to resources to tasks as complicated as ensuring compliance, you need to be able to answer the question “Who has access to what?”...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 3:43 PM by Jay

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, Jay, Security Web

New Technology Isn’t Always the Answer

I know this probably sounds like sacrilege coming from a technology vendor, but new technology doesn’t always equate to improved productivity. That’s particularly so when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. In addition to the business stress...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 1:35 PM by RichardWhitehead

Filed under: Intelligent Workload Management, Data Center Solutions

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