by brianw | 06.14.13 | data center, Dell, hybrid cloud, public cloud, Uncategorized, virtualization
Yesterday I talked about PowerEdge VRTX, Dell’s new foray into converged infrastructure, and complained that the marketing is treating VRTX as a product – not a solution. Since I wrote Part 1, I won a project to do a competitive analysis of VRTX, and as I’ve gone...
by brianw | 06.11.13 | data center, Dell, hybrid cloud, marketplace, public cloud, virtualization
In case everyone isn’t already clear, I spent ten years at Dell in various enterprise sales and marketing roles. And in my time paying attention to Dell, I must say, I’ve never been so excited… and frustrated… as I was with the Dell PowerEdge VRTX product...
by brianw | 05.28.13 | data center, Dell, public cloud, virtualization
Well, it’s that time of the year again. Gartner has published server vendor revenue estimates for 1Q13. And for five out of six vendors, something’s not right. Let’s take a look at revenue. ...
by brianw | 05.22.13 | Dell, IaaS, public cloud, Vendor
Everyone knows that public cloud is a disruptive force in the world of enterprise IT. Amazon showed us (and Google, and Microsoft, and others) that it’s possible, desirable, and cost-effective. Moving basic services, processes, and workloads to a public cloud...
