Mike Vizard

Changing the IT Game

Committed to distinguishing the truly innovative from the merely iterative

Cool PC Innovation

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Lots of companies, especially Hewlett-Packard, like to lay claim to the mantle of innovation when it comes to PC design. Continue Reading »

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The Vexing Nature of VMware vCloud Director

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

There’s an old maxim that says introducing a new concept that creates more questions than it answers is not the best course of action. Continue Reading »

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Getting Smarter about Virtualization Management

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Monday, August 30, 2010

When it comes to virtual machine management, everybody seems to be looking for a better way. Continue Reading »

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HP Acquisition Advances IT Automation

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Hewlett-Packard today moved to enhance its portfolio of IT-automation tools with the acquisition of Stratavia Continue Reading »

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The New Economics of Data Storage

Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

At a time when many IT organizations are struggling with how to reduce their data storage costs, many of them may be overlooking their real costs by obsessing too much about the cost per megabyte of storage. Continue Reading »

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The Art of Managing Application Workloads

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Monday, August 23, 2010

Higher levels of sophistication are going to be required to manage either public or private cloud computing platforms in the enterprise. Continue Reading »

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Oracle Takes Aim at VMware

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Oracle today signaled its intent to compete across the board with VMware in virtualization technologies in the enterprise. Continue Reading »

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Application Quality Finally Gets Tied to Security

Security | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

With the acquisition of Fortify Software by Hewlett-Packard this week, it’s clear that the major vendors are Continue Reading »

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Dell Lays Bare New Enterprise Ambitions

Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

If you haven’t noticed lately, Dell has been making a series of uncharacteristic moves in the enterprise. Continue Reading »

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Oracle Outlines Desktop Virtualization Ambitions

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Monday, August 16, 2010

As part of an aggressive push into all things virtualization following the acquisition of Sun, Oracle will push an approach to desktop virtualization that will emphasize versatility. Continue Reading »

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