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Microchunk the Operating System

Given all the cacophony around JeOS , and the vigorous (and probably correct) assertions that virtual appliances are the future model for application delivery and deployment, you could be excused for tolling the death knell for server operating systems...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2008 12:02 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Windows Server, Licensing, Windows OS, Fastscale, Virtual appliance, JeOS, software appliance, Operating System

Holographic Storage

2006 was supposed to be the coming out party for holographic storage. Multiple product launches were eagerly anticipated. There was a fair amount of media buzz, complete with analyst estimates of 45M unit shipments and a $125M market by 2010. The reality...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2008 10:21 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Windows Server, SQL Server, Systems Center, Windows Hardware, Embedded

The ROI of VDI

It can be a challenge today to find a large enterprise that’s not tinkering with desktop virtualization in some way, shape or form. Marketers have been capitalizing on the virtualization hype to repackage what’s essentially an old technology as the latest...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2008 12:37 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Acquisitions, Windows Server, Startup, Systems Center, Entrepreneur, Windows OS

VMCasting

One of the more intriguing ideas to bubble out of the virtualization ecosystem is VMCasting – the notion of distributing virtual appliances via RSS feeds. Coined by Enomaly , an open source consulting firm best known for Xen management tool Enomalism...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2008 1:37 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Security, Windows Mobile, Windows Server, Startup, Systems Center, Entrepreneur, Windows OS, Windows Live

18 Million Reasons

Many virtualization startups I’ve met with recently have expressed some degree of hesitation, even skepticism, about developing support for Hyper-V . I find this perplexing. First, VMware is likely to accelerate their annexation of adjacent markets currently...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2008 1:55 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Partnering, Acquisitions, Why Microsoft?, Windows Server, Systems Center, Entrepreneur, Windows OS

Solid State Storage

There has been much discourse about when solid state drives will replace the traditional hard disk drive. While PCs with solid state drives are already on the market (but not moving many units) and hybrid drives have some traction, most solid state storage...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2007 7:12 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Windows Server, Windows OS, Windows Hardware

Microsoft’s Ecosystem Helps Partners Make Money

IDC released a new study October 17 (commissioned by Microsoft annually). Microsoft has the largest partner ecosystem in the IT world From the c|net blog by Martin LaMonica: “There are about 14 million people working at companies that touch Microsoft...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2007 11:59 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Partnering, Platform Value, Windows Server, Open Source

Windows Server Share Benefits from Virtualization

I happened to read an article yesterday called “ Microsoft Still Cleaning up with Windows ” by Ivy Lessner in TheStreet.com. Hmm, the title may need a little freshening up, but skipping by that, the article challenges two commonly held myths about what...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2007 11:19 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Virtualization, Windows Server

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