Virtualization management seems to be the hottest topic for discussion, among both customers, partners, and my product marketing and product management peers. I was recently involved in a conversation with some sales people about why HP’s approach is unique. The reference platform for virtualization...
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on 11-18-2009
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Software Universe is only five weeks away. We hold this event twice each year, alternating between a United States and European location. The upcoming event is in Hamburg at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH) from Wednesday, December 16th – Friday, December 18th 2009. (If you missed our last Software...
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on 11-10-2009
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I spent the past two days in a planning meeting with my product marketing peers from different product groups including infrastructure monitoring , application monitoring , network monitoring , CMDB , service management , and IT financial management . We reviewed all our respective product plans and...
Automation has become a hot topic in IT. The NY Times recently posted a blog titled “ Beware, Humans. The Era of Automation Software Has Begun ”. It contains quotes from HP’s Ann Livermore , Executive Vice President, HP Enterprise Business. I am speaking at a webinar tomorrow that discusses...
Podcast added on 9/16/09 Shay Mowlem, Director of Virtualization for HP Software, presented on his “ Vision for virtualization aware IT management .” During his talk, he made the case that Virtualization goes beyond the surface objective of server consolidation. The real promise of virtualization...
I attended a great session at VMworld called “ Conquering cost and complexity in virtualized environments ”. It was a panel discussion moderated by Mark Linesh, VP at HP. The key speakers were Michelle Bailey, VP at IDC, and Rob Taylor EDS (an HP company). Michelle ran thorough some statistics...
The first main day of the VMworld show was great. Over 10,000 people filled Moscone center to learn about how the hottest trend in IT can help them reduce their operating expenses and improve the quality of service. (Follow us at the show on Twitter #hpvmw) In the main keynote, Paul Maritz , President...