Fountainhead

JUNE 5, 2013

Blog originally posted to blogs.citrix.com]. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. Professionally, I'm a technology marketer -- my real passion is introducing new products & technologies into nascent markets.

Data Center 138

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Microsoft 138

Fountainhead

JANUARY 2, 2012

My Cloudy Nerdy Playlist for 2012. And if you know of more (or have favorites of your own) send them my way and Ill add them. Get Off Of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones. Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar -The Guild. Happy System Administrator Day - (one of my fave Animes) Features “The SysAdmin Song” above.

Data Center 169

Data Center Cloud IPv6 Virtualization 169

Fountainhead

JUNE 5, 2013

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Data Center 124

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Mobile 124

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In todays enterprise context, my interpretation of this is "What could be possible if all of that data center technology could be relegated to the background and made invisible?" In my opinion, IT is still largely in the Dark Ages. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Favorite Blogs.

Big Data 228

Big Data Cloud Data Data Center 228

Fountainhead

AUGUST 26, 2012

In my recent GigaOm guest blog , I posited that the advent of hosted cloud services (particularly PaaS and SaaS) will slowly morph the role of the CIO into that of an IT Supply Chain Manager. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Enablers for Transformed IT - Placing My Bets.

Cloud 196

Cloud Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise 196

Fountainhead

MAY 13, 2013

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Data Center 272

Data Center Cloud Data Energy 272

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail. And, if any of you reading this can help me quantify some of this, Id be happy to append this post. Sources of my "Digital Contrail" I make a cell phone call: Phone location tracking data (i.e. At my home: electricity usage via smart metering data collection. Newer Post.

Data 193

Data Data Center Big Data Airlines 193

Fountainhead

MAY 14, 2012

My perspective of Cloud Computing has been rocked a bit. i.e. IF Im mentioned on Twitter, THEN text me; IF Im tagged on Facebook, THEN post a message. Ill be keeping my eyes out for other examples of new forms of IP disguised as cloud services. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Paul Dunay.

Cloud 177

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Big Data 177

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

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Data Center 154

Data Center Virtualization Meeting Cloud 154

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2013

Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. Professionally, I'm a technology marketer -- my real passion is introducing new products & technologies into nascent markets. View my complete profile.' As they always do.

Strategy 210

Strategy Cloud Vmware Data Center 210

Fountainhead

APRIL 24, 2011

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Cloud 187

Cloud Data Center Training Change Management 187

Fountainhead

AUGUST 9, 2011

My thesis is that Cloud computing - whether Private cloud, or a mix of Private/Public (Hybrid) - is really the means to a bigger end: Enabling IT to serve and enable the business, rather than simply respond to technology requests. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Cloud 253

Cloud Data Center Enterprise Enterprise 253

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Exactly a year ago, in 2009, I started looking into whether the market for Hosting and Cloud Computing could be measured in the stock market - with my first Blog on the topic. Guess Ill have to update my portfolio companies. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Cloud 183

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Enterprise 183

Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

My only litmus test was that these were *not* SaaS providers, and that they provided hosting/IaaS services as their primary business. As I had suspected, this index has vastly out-performed the NASDAQ - my supposition being that the market is placing a higher premium on any business conducting "cloud"-related business. Newer Post.

Cloud 124

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Mobile 124

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 10, 2011

So, my lesson was that the places to look for Leading Indicators of IT transformation arent necessarily the analysts and brainiac IT leaders. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. View my complete profile.'

Data Center 173

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Mobile 173

Fountainhead

JANUARY 19, 2012

Interesting post, thanks! Look forward to more posts in the future! -- Shivan Note: I work for RightScale. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Cloudy Nerdy Playlist for 2012. Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. Ken Oestreich.

Data 218

Data Data Center Applications Cloud 218

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Apps and Desktops and Clouds - Oh My! A bunch of people have asked me about my new gig with Citrix. Congratz from my side too Ken! Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Apps and Desktops and Clouds - Oh My! Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

My belief is that well see even more of these industry-specific clouds arise. NYSEs partnered with EMC and VMware to construct the cloud, and VMW has also posted an excellent Blog on the topic. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs.

Financial 172

Financial Cloud Data Center Vmware 172

Fountainhead

AUGUST 1, 2012

Enablers for Transformed IT - Placing My Bets. But in my opinion all are worth betting on. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Enablers for Transformed IT - Placing My Bets. Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. Ken Oestreich. Syndications.

Big Data 170

Big Data Data Center Cloud Virtualization 170

Fountainhead

MAY 29, 2011

Now that I’ve been with EMC for a few months, my relationship to storage, computing, and networking has once again shifted. And, in the context of the cloud computing operations model, my relationship to the physical location of data - and processing of that data - has shifted too. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post.

Data 160

Data Data Center Virtualization Transportation 160

Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

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Applications 214

Applications Cloud Data Center Load Balancer 214

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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Data Center 140

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Trends 140

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

My IT is Ready. My People Are Not. As was often mentioned at a recent CIO event I attended , "My technology is ready. My people are not". My first sense of the need for change arose from a 2010 conversation with an analyst about using converged infrastructure. See related post on A Marketing Lesson for IT ).

Data Center 220

Data Center Cloud Training Enterprise 220

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It’s hard to summarize all of the themes from all of the sessions – including dozens of breakouts on various topics – but follows are my personal takeaways and “high points” from many individual and group conversations: IT transformation isn’t about technology: Almost everyone was in agreement on this.

Data Center 184

Data Center Agile Cloud Virtualization 184

Fountainhead

JULY 13, 2011

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Government 154

Government Data Center Cloud Education 154

Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 13, 2008

Rand Leeb-du-Toit , the indefatigable entrepreneur and social media evangelist, is very consistently producing interesting insights on the emerging tech landscape at his blog Metarand - well worth a look or subscribe! Last week Rand interviewed me for a podcast - go to the post to listen to the interview.

Media 60

Media Trends Social Tools 60

Fountainhead

MARCH 6, 2012

Ken, I love this post because I know from my own experience that meeting in person changes the outcome exponentially. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. View my complete profile.' Ken Oestreich. 2 comments: Denise.

Meeting 154

Meeting Data Center Virtualization Cloud 154

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

This months updates to my original index indicate that the hosting market - and particularly those companies that are in the cloud hosting market - are doing quite well at holding their own against the falling NASDAQ index. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs.

Cloud 113

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Mobile 113

Fountainhead

AUGUST 17, 2009

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Data Center 113

Data Center Data Virtualization Cloud 113

Fountainhead

APRIL 4, 2011

This is a great post. Great post thanks for sharing. Great post thanks for sharing. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. Ken Oestreich. Labels: Cloud Computing , Marketing. 3 comments: Lingon Life. Suraj Rajwani.

Cloud 173

Cloud Data Center Education Virtualization 173

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Dont take my word for it. My IT is Ready. My People are Not on Fountainhead Blog. It is a valuable and impressive post. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My IT is Ready. My People Are Not.

Resources 187

Resources Data Center Financial Cloud 187

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 15, 2011

In my opinion, implementing financial transparency tools are second-level initiatives. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. View my complete profile.' 10 IT Predictions for 2012 Chucks Blog. Ken Oestreich.

Data Center 200

Data Center Financial Cloud Virtualization 200

Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

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Virtualization 100

Virtualization Data Center Cloud Mobile 100

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 27, 2009

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Virtualization 100

Virtualization Data Center Cloud Mobile 100

Fountainhead

AUGUST 30, 2011

In my opinion, Cloud (use whatever definition you prefer) is really just a critical enabler for IT transformation. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. IT transformation does not simply happen as a result of new technology.

Data Center 184

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Change Management 184

Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Post-Blog Updates. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Favorite Blogs. Favorite Links. Professionally, I'm a technology marketer -- my real passion is introducing new products & technologies into nascent markets. View my complete profile.'

Data Center 150

Data Center Change Management Cloud Virtualization 150

Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

In an earlier post of mine, " An Image Makeover for IT " I shared about a surprising meeting Id had with our IT department -- where they were looking to learn how to better market their services within the company. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Paul Dunay.

Data Center 165

Data Center Cloud Virtualization Financial 165