Service Assurance Daily Weekly Reading List

By on September 3, 2010 in Uncategorized

A collection of blogs based on VMworld 2010 U.S. conference held this week in San Francisco prove that VMware got its message out – it is more than a virtualization company.

VMworld 2010: A “New IT Stack” and Management & Security are No Longer Aftermarkets
Yankee Group Principal Analyst George Hamilton explains how VMware wants to become the data center operating system and why recent acquisitions of companies such as Integrien and TriCipher will give the virtualization giant the IT management and security technology it will need to achieve its lofty goals.

Virtualization Deployments and the “Trough of Disillusionment”
Stephen Elliot, vice president of strategy for CA Technologies Infrastructure Management and Data Center Automation business unit, took away from VMworld 2010 the impression of a more mature market for virtualization, one in which customers realize they need IT automation, management and other technologies to move beyond initial deployments, over the hump of virtual stall and toward large-scale implementations that could extend into private clouds.

VMware acquires Integrien, TriCipher for IT-as-a-Service Era
ZDnet’s Virtually Speaking blog, authored by Paula Rooney, also focused on VMware’s acquisition news this week. The pending acquisitions of Integrien and TriCipher can help VMware – as well as its customers – move into the third phase of virtualization – IT-as-a-Service, according to Rooney’s post.

Hey Security Guys, VMworld is hitting your playground
Blogger Kendrick Coleman, who co-presented on free tools to manage VMware vSphere, also blogged this week to discuss the virtualization giant’s plans to take on security in current and future product releases.

VMware vShield: A Good Start, but …
Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst at Enterprise Strategies Group, took to Network World’s Cisco Subnet blog to share his take on VMware’s vShield product plans. While he notes the efforts from VMware are needed and a great beginning, Oltsik points out some potential weaknesses that could help VMware deliver stronger security in future releases.

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