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Don’t Take Your Eyes off VDI – We’re Certainly Not!
Don’t Take Your Eyes off VDI – We’re Certainly Not!
This blog post promises to avoid telling you about all the fantabulous (I know that’s not a word) growth expected in the number of hosted virtual desktops
June 10, 2013
Services – the Missing “S” in the SDN Debate
Services – the Missing “S” in the SDN Debate
While I’ve been writing about Cisco Domain TenSM, I’ve been watching the SDN debate evolve in our industry, and I have to say, I’ve had my concerns.
June 7, 2013
Collaboration and the Internet of Everything
Collaboration and the Internet of Everything
Kiss your old running shoes good-bye. Change is constant. And technology has always been about change and convergence. But the massive, global-scale
March 19, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #7: How memory bus speed affects scale
VDI “The Missing Questions” #7: How memory bus speed affects scale
This was the test I most eagerly anticipated because of the lack of information on the web regarding running a Xeon-based system at a reduced memory
March 13, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #4: How much SPECint is enough
VDI “The Missing Questions” #4: How much SPECint is enough
In the first few posts in this series, we have hopefully shown that not all cores are created equal and that not all GHz are created equal. This generates
Feb. 25, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #3: Realistic Virtual Desktop Limits
VDI “The Missing Questions” #3: Realistic Virtual Desktop Limits
So this is the Million Dollar Question, right? You, along with the executives sponsoring your particular VDI project wanna know: How many desktops can I
Feb. 14, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #1: Core Count vs. Core Speed
VDI “The Missing Questions” #1: Core Count vs. Core Speed
Choosing the right compute platform for your VDI environment requires both science and art. You have to balance CPU and memory characteristics against
Jan. 31, 2013
VDI – The Questions You Didn’t Ask (But Really Should)
VDI – The Questions You Didn’t Ask (But Really Should)
There’s no shortage of content out there (a quick Google search easily confirms this) when it comes to looking for vendor-originated material touting the
Jan. 25, 2013
Six Projects To Move Enterprises Toward the Clouds
Six Projects To Move Enterprises Toward the Clouds
By Uwe Lambrette, Director, IBSG Service Provider How exactly is the enterprise migration to the clouds progressing? In 2010, the Cisco Internet Business
Nov. 28, 2012