In its fall storage announcement, IBM continued to emphasize the efficiency of its storage products. Efficiency is always a good thing, as it has been defined by the late revered management guru Peter Drucker as “doing things right,” and everybody wants to do things right. But saying that you want to do things right is easier than doing it. Continual improvement is the prime ingredient, and that is well-demonstrated in the latest IBM storage announcements.
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IBM Continues To Drive Storage Efficiency
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Major Extension Of VMware’s Management Vision
VMware, Inc. is announcing three major launches; a revamped VMware vCenter Operations and two new suites, the VMware vFabric Application Management and VMware IT Business Management. The company says that unlike traditional – and failing – approaches characterized by physical distributed systems and siloed management disciplines, VMware’s solutions take advantage of cloud infrastructure, are focused on eliminating IT complexity rather than orchestrating it, and will support IT’s ability to act as a broker of services to the businesses it serves.
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Cisco Broadens Data-Center Portfolio
With spending on data-center hardware recovering and expected to grow to $ 98.9 billion this year and approach $ 130 billion by 2015, Cisco is expanding its data center portfolio. The networking giant is introducing second-generation capabilities for the Nexus 7000 family and Cisco FabricPath support for the Nexus 5500 switch; new switches with sub-microsecond latency to the Nexus 3000 ultra-low latency switching family; and a virtualized version of its Adaptive Security Appliance to deliver consistent security for virtualized and cloud environments.
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IPv6: Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? In this case, the unstoppable force is the accelerating growth of the Internet combined with the imminent end of available IPv4 addresses. The current demand for Internet addresses has been averaging 250 million per year, but the ongoing growth of mobile connections is expected to surge 11% to 5.6 billion this year, according to Gartner. Meanwhile, the nascent machine-to-machine connectivity market–or, the “Internet of Things”–is expected to add 25 billion connections by 2015.
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IBM Adds Predictive Analysis To BI Software Line
IBM said that it is adding predictive analytics capabilities to its lineup of enterprise business intelligence software, which studies business process and IT operations to see where changes should be made to improve the business. With these new offerings, IBM seeks to maintain its leading role in the BI and analytics market where, according to research from Gartner, it is among the top five BI software vendors in the space, although behind SAP, Oracle and SAS Institute.
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IBM’s Tivoli Tries To Change With The Times
In 1996, IBM purchased Tivoli Systems Inc. to bolster its systems and network management capabilities. Since then, the vendor has used acquisitions and internal development to create a comprehensive product line, garnered a significant following among large enterprises, and emerged as a top tier supplier. “IBM is IBM: it is a significant force in the network and systems management market,” said Jean-Pierre Garbani, vice president at Forrester Research Inc.
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EMC Boosts/Enhances VCE Vblock Provisioning
EMC’s Ionix UIM/Provisioning software is getting a facelift for the VCE Vblock platform. The Virtual Computing Environment coalition of Cisco, EMC and VMware is targeting the datacenter with pre-packaged, pre-validated solutions that combine virtualization, networking, computing, storage, security and management technologies called Vblocks. Unified Infrastructure Manager 3.0, which will ship early next month, is software designed to simplify the transition from physical to virtual to private cloud infrastructures.
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Is Your Network “Cloud Ready”?
I am as tired of the whole “Cloud” blitz as you are. But I can assure you that someone will ask you if your network is “cloud” ready at some point this year. It is easy to just say “yes”, but is that the truth? What does being “cloud ready” mean? That depends. Do you plan on being the cloud, using the cloud, or both? Let’s leave being the cloud alone for now and talk about using the cloud. Is your network ready to use the cloud? Here are some steps you need to take before you say “yes”.
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The Case Against Orchestration
I outlined the case for orchestration. Now I want to answer “Why now? What’s different?” After all, management platforms have failed to deliver automation and orchestration for the last 20 years, at least. Why would today’s software be any more likely to actually work? Can we try for operational nirvana once again?
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Windows Phone 7, Day 27: Your Mileage May Vary
30 Days With Windows Phone 7: Day 27
As I start to wind down the 30 Days With Windows Phone 7 series it occurs to me that there is no single Windows Phone 7 experience. The wireless provider I rely on, the smartphone manufacturer I choose, and the specific model of Windows Phone I use could significantly impact the outcome.
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