The Portable Consultant

ECM infrastructure architecture… and unrelated matters.

Archive for August, 2007

The virtual worlds of VMware and XenSource

by @ Thursday, August 16th, 2007. Filed under Infrastructure Architecture, Open Source

How about this? The Portable Consultant actually addressing an interesting development or two in the world of Infrastructure Architecture ~ Design & Deployment!
virtual competitors
Item One is the IPO of VMware which, The Economist assures us, is not a repeat of the Internet Bubble years despite the fact that the stock rose 76% on the first [...]

Big mistake for Google… another nail in DRM’s coffin

by @ Monday, August 13th, 2007. Filed under Emerging, New Media

Oh, Google… leaving your premium (paying) Google Video customers in the lurch is a big mistake that may tarnish your brand for some time to come. An expiring credit won’t cut it with most of them.
It’s also yet another nail in the coffin for DRM. Can you hear the chorus of “I told you so!” [...]

Dell goes virtual… users go broke?

by @ Wednesday, August 8th, 2007. Filed under New Paradigms, YukYuks

The Portable Consultant just read about Dell’s plans to increase support for virtualization in their PCs.
The article is another case of technology overtaking common sense. While virtualization is indeed a great tool, for certain jobs and in certain situations, the article’s description of users running multiple operating systems sounds like the kind of fantasy usually [...]

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