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Why EMC? (1) EMC’s RSA Division is the best known encryption firm in the world; and data encryption is the next frontier in preventing data theft. (2) EMC makes data storage and encrypted data requires substantially more storage as encrypted data cannot be compressed.

Other OEMs are developing business strategy on VMWare's innovations? As a consequence the expanding competition landscape is threat to VMWare's market share?

While I have no inside information on the details that are going to be announced, there has to be a provision for giving away certain iPhone applications for free at the iPhone store.

* Citrix has an impressive product portfolio, but is focused on the low enf of the market (SMB) and leads in the desktop and application area * VMware and Microsoft will square off in the enterprise datacenter business. VMware leads with 75-80% marketshare, but has limited management solutions, doesn't...

The release schedule for Windows 7 effectively means most enterprises will go directly from XP to 7.  Windows 7 appears to be Vista done right, with problems addressed and some nice functionality added.  If delivered as promised it should maintain Windows’ position in the market.

Windows has become a parody of itself. It is not an operating system, but rather an attempt to lock in customers and lock out competition. New alternatives, mostly notably LINUX-based, will replace it over time. The issue today, though, isn't the OS; rather, it's support for MS Office and legacy applications,...

1) This article is great because it exposes many of Vista's short comings for large enterprises. 2) If readers take heed to this article, they could potentially save there organizations vast amounts of money and time by waiting for the next release of windows 3)I liked this article because I am experiencing...

Sun has tied its future to open source, but seems clueless on how to monetize open source.  Worse yet, they don’t seem to care!  Meanwhile their core revenue stream continues to dwindle.  Future prospects don’t look good.

Desktop virtualization has always been an enticing proposition, but it was never able to overcome the practical limitations, and more importantly never gained acceptance from the user base.  However, the proliferation and acceptance of browser based applications, proliferation of...

Desktop virtualization promises huge savings in TCO, improved security, good user experience, improved manageability, etc.  Despite these advantages, it has many issues that have so far prevented widespread adoption, and likely will always limit adoption.