This ain’t ESXi on a SmartNIC
A little more on VMware Project Monterey, I envisioned VMware taking the idea of running ESXi on a SmartNIC all the way to it’s natural conclusion which was virtualization of the network to support Telco RAN and services services. VMware …
Connecting HPE’s The Machine to VMware Cloud Foundation
I think, as an industry, we may owe HPE an apology regarding The Machine. I’ve always been intrigued by the concept. The goal was to re-think computing inside of a data center. The vision of The Machine was to …
The Deployment of the CTO Advisor Hybrid Infrastructure
Thanks, everyone, for the incredible feedback on the Oracle sponsored review of the various VMware public cloud options. Some of the consistent feedback is that the team created content we don’t see produced by independent organizations. Intel sponsors the …
A Comparison of the VMware Cloud Solutions
VMworld 2020 starts tomorrow. While virtual, it’s one of my favorite times of the year. It gets the entire enterprise IT industry focused on my favorite topic, Hybrid-infrastructure. Hybrid-infrastructure is an operating model vs. a physical location. VMware cloud …
The Edge vs. IT
I’m fascinated with the entry of IT vendors into the “Edge” market. The Edge includes everything from the data center (as opposed to the public cloud) to windmills and fitness bands on consumers. I’ll let my peers continue to battle …
How Much Did our VMware Cloud Study Cost? – Running POCs
What’s the real value of a Proof of Concept (POC), and is there enough value to pay for it. I’ll run down the (sanitized) cost of what it took for us to run the comparison of three of the four …