@Userama .. that’s actually a valid question, but i don’t believe for one second that you came here to be productive … just to troll. A question for you: do you think for a second Google would jeopardize and antagonize such a massive enterprise client deal the size of the just publicly announced one with [...]

Paula Rooney has covered the technology industry for more than 15 years, starting with semiconductor design and mini-computer systems at EDN News and later focused on PC software companies including Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, Red Hat, Novell and other open source and commercial software companies for CRN and PCWeek. She received a silver award from the [...]

It feels a little blasphemous to type this while Cloud Connect, the cloud industry’s premier conference, takes place just 30 miles away. But sometimes when you see a balloon rising from all of the hot air filling it, you gotta take aim with the BB gun and pop it. As most of you know, multitenancy [...]

Commentary – You’ve known this was coming. It started with that small voice in the back of your mind that said “maybe it’s time to start putting some apps in the cloud.” Now it’s an actual question from the CTO: “why aren’t we using the cloud yet?” So, it’s time. But before you make your [...]

The Kusnetzky Group LLC is an independent technology industry research firm that focuses on system software, virtualization and cloud computing technology. Dan’s opinions are based upon research, personal experiences and actual use of technology. They are not based upon the relationships the company may or may not have with suppliers, end user organizations, the media, [...]

The Kusnetzky Group LLC is an independent technology industry research firm that focuses on system software, virtualization and cloud computing technology. Dan’s opinions are based upon research, personal experiences and actual use of technology. They are not based upon the relationships the company may or may not have with suppliers, end user organizations, the media, [...]

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet’s sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news [...]

Hostway’s Hybrid Infrastructure Hostway, a Chicago-based Internet hosting company announced today that they’re now offering the industry’s first Hyper-V-based Cloud services. Their “FlexLink” Hybrid Cloud will enable Hyper-V users to combine their company’s public cloud infrastructure with managed hosting, co-location and private cloud service to achieve the optimal compute environment for their needs. Read the [...]

The Kusnetzky Group LLC is an independent technology industry research firm that focuses on system software, virtualization and cloud computing technology. Dan’s opinions are based upon research, personal experiences and actual use of technology. They are not based upon the relationships the company may or may not have with suppliers, end user organizations, the media, [...]

In two separate recent announcements, HP has affirmed its goal of being the neutral supplier of choice for all things cloud. Last week, HP delivered HP Discovery and Dependency Mapping Advanced (DDMA) Content Pack 10, bringing with the ability to better manage cloud instances across the enterprise-public cloud continuum, including deep discovery of virtualized workloads’ [...]