My colleague Jay Lyman and I wrote up Red Hat’s recent OS release, RHEL 7. Of interest to us, of course, is the work Red Hat is doing with containers. Clients can read the full report, and here’s the 451 Take:
In order to differentiate and draw enterprise interest for RHEL 7, Red Hat is wise to look to new technologies, such as containerization, and make them enterprise-ready. The company will need to find new sources of growth beyond Unix conversion and Windows defection, so its effort to link to other technologies and products – cloud computing, RHEV, OpenStack, OpenShift and devops – will be critical.
[Option] [5] produces ∞ infinity sign.
VMware to build converged compute and storage hardware
VMware to build converged compute and storage hardware
Think big, but have small, short, and focused meetings
Have 15 minutes be the default. Sure, sounds interesting.
See also Rumsfeld’s meeting rules which opens with a more management take on what meetings are for:
If you think about it, a meeting’s function is to pool an organization’s collective wisdom and knowledge in one room, making it easier for a manager to learn what his team knows that he doesn’t, and to provide guidance to all of those involved in one place at one time.
Docker blasts into 1.0, throwing dust onto traditional hypervisors
Docker blasts into 1.0, throwing dust onto traditional hypervisors
Update on Microsoft's cloud plans from TechEd
Office 365 makes huge sense for many organisations, and is growing fast – “the fastest growing business in the history of the company,” according to Corporate VP of Windows Server and System Center Brad Anderson, speaking to the press last week
Update on Microsoft’s cloud plans from TechEd
Demand for software developers remains high
Demand for software developers remains high
Citrix announces 50% YoY revenue growth from cloud partners, Workspace Services (451 Report)
One of our new, excellent analysts Scott Ottaway and I wrote up a report on Citrix’s Workspace as a Service portfolio and strategy.
Clients can read the full report, but here’s the 451 take:
Citrix reported impressive double-digit revenue growth and total licenses from its cloud service provider channel. Citrix also launched multiple new technologies – XenApp, XenMobile, ShareFile – as well as announced a cloud-managed Workspace Services option that service providers or enterprises can leverage to optimize, automate and more easily manage WaaS infrastructure and users while still maintaining the end-user relationship.
Here is a very funny parody of the infamous dancing banana. This is a piece of crap that dances just like the banana. The turd stole his moves! He’s probably very smelly too.
Most IT pros not actively preparing for the impact of the IoT - Spiceworks Survey
Most IT pros not actively preparing for the impact of the IoT - Spiceworks Survey