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8 things you should know about Server Virtualization

Wai-Kit — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:41:38 +0000

Since I started on the topic of consolidation and virtualization, here’s my take on server virtualization and the 8 things you should be aware of:

According to Gartner,

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Measuring Datacenter Transformations

Wai-Kit — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:50:23 +0000

Most people uses the PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) as a metric to measure how efficient is their data center. However, increasingly, the DCiE (Datacenter Efficiency) metric is becoming more and…

Data Centre Asset Planning

Wai-Kit — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:19:33 +0000

A recent Quocirca Insight report which was derived from 301 interviews with senior IT influencers and decision makers shows what we have already experiencing in most data centres: Crisis point…

Understanding Data Deduplication

Wai-Kit — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:08:50 +0000

As we look at the many ways to improve storage utilization, data deduplication often pops up as a potential technique. Data deduplication, or sometimes referred to as “intelligent compression” or…

Speaking @ Jakarta

Wai-Kit — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:07:23 +0000

I’m scheduled to speak at a Sun briefing event entitled “Turn Obstacles into Opportunities” in Jakarta on Nov 24th. The agenda will be about achieving efficiency and maximizing ROA (Return…

Virtualization – why you cannot ignore Storage?

Wai-Kit — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:17:17 +0000

There are many ways to optimize the data center. But as with all things good, it is necessary to take each step in moderation. Consolidation and virtualization is one way…

RESTful APIs for Cloud

Wai-Kit — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:52:48 +0000

Over the past month, I have put together some thoughts around the components that should make up the composition of a Cloud Computing service, from a service producer’s perspective, in…

The 2009 Data Center Purchasing Survey Report

Wai-Kit — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:55:17 +0000

Between June and September of 2009, SearchDataCenter.com conducted the Data Center Decisions 2009 Purchasing Intentions Survey. Subscribers were contacted by email and invited to participate. For this 2009 survey,…

Virtualization Security

Wai-Kit — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:45:31 +0000

Andreas Antonopoulos of Network World wrote an article “Virtualization Security: so far nothing” earlier this year and he remarked that only 9.6% of companies are deploying security tools…

Virtualization in the real world

Wai-Kit — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:47:37 +0000

One of the benefits of virtualization technology is to enable rapid provisioning of a new operating system virtual environment. With this ease and rapid speed which new virtual environment can…

Monitoring Operational health in a Virtualized Environment

Wai-Kit — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:38 +0000

Virtualization technologies are becoming more advanced today and their adoption are growing. Increasingly, IT services are being delivered using virtualization technologies to derive higher cost efficiency and optimization. In the…

Transforming IT through Infrastructure Consolidation

Wai-Kit — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:52:14 +0000

I have just published an article on the definition of Infrastructure Consolidation, business drivers, key success factors, inhibitors, and recommended approach in such a project. The way I view such…