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Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Virtual Desktops - whats next ?

June 18, 2010

Everyone is asking or at least curious about virtual desktops, what does it do ?how does it work ?what's the ROI ? who are the leaders ? In the analysis below, I will provide some answers and opinions.

David MillerDirectorEclipse International Marketing

KVM Technology - Choosing the Right Switch for Your Small Server Room

September 9, 2009

Analysis of:eWeek.com - How to Choose the Right KVM Switch for Your Small Server Room | www.eweek.com

The author has emphasized an area that is not a serious issue in most installations and at the same time has missed an opportunity to educate the reader on one exposure that can lead to the very serious consequence of having to reboot servers. In addition, the author failed to bring up two very important aspects: mouse synchronization with IP enabled KVM switches as well as the ability of seeing all installed KVM switches as part of best practices within the context of IT infrastructure.

Michael Horsch FizzPrincipal AdvisorFCI Inc.

Cisco's advantages and challenges. Comparisons to Juniper, ProCurve, Brocade.

August 5, 2009

Analysis of:Cisco’s Sales Will Drop as Much as 17%, Chambers Says | www.bloomberg.com

Cisco's strengths and challenges for their first fiscal quarter and beyond can be further defined when we compare them to their competition.  Juniper, HP ProCurve, Avaya, Brocade (Foundry), Nortel, 3COM are vendors that can help us define and understand Cisco. Cisco's success may very well be due to the weakness of their competition versus the strengths of Cisco.  In addition, with $30 plus billion of cash they are better positioned than most.

Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

What's Hot about VMWare version 4

April 27, 2009

Analysis of:VMware unveils its cloud OS; Wants to be a bridge for the enterprise | blogs.zdnet.com

The best new feature of VMware v4.0 (dubbed vShphere) is the inclusion of "FT" - Fault Tolerance.  Essentially, if a primary server fails, the 2nd "Shadow" server will seamlessly assume the role of the primary server.  This means - zero - downtime. There are certain caveats, such as shared storage is required and a high speed link between the 2 servers is assumed, but IF you need true fault tolerance, this is a great idea.

Michael Horsch FizzPrincipal AdvisorFCI Inc.

Balancing a Load

February 27, 2009

Analysis of:Alteon deal worth just $17.65M, Nortel says | www.ottawacitizen.com

-May be enough to finally give Radware a push into profitability;  -Nortel (Alteon) clients win;  -Radware may increase their market reach.  -Competition is already going after existing Nortel clients.

Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Where is IT spending heading in 2009

December 8, 2008

Analysis of:How much data centers really cost | www.networkworld.com

What technology will businesses purchase in 2009?   Most people and firms are concerned about technology spending slowdowns based on current macroeconimic trends. Surveys and comments all suggest a slowdown at best, or a major stop at worst.  So if businesses will invest next year, the ROI (return on investment) MUST be faster and more assured than ever.

Michael Horsch FizzPrincipal AdvisorFCI Inc.

There are lucrative sweet spots.

April 11, 2008

Analysis of:Cisco Signals Trouble Ahead | money.cnn.com

1) Due diligence is expected and the news of tightening belts was predicted. 2) In the last quarter we have found all verticals are experiencing some level of conservative spending. 3) However, we have also seen increased spending with some vendors and/or specific vendor products and solutions.  There are profits to be made during these next few quarters.  

Cliff McElroyOfficerGCD Investments

Economic slowdown for network vendors

April 2, 2008

Analysis of:Cisco Signals Trouble Ahead | money.cnn.com

I will agree, that a collapse is overkill. But I see a softening of transactions and more projects help up at CFO level and because companies can't hire, and retain talent efficiently. This talent is the hold up of implementing new technologies, none the least is datacenter challenges around power.  Wan Opt product realization of layer 4 possible challenges, may change course of companies looking for wan opt done at layer 3 instead.

Lisa PrichardSales ExecutiveWORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Credit for IPhone

September 21, 2007

Analysis of:Steve Jobs Offers Rare Apology, Credit for iPhone | online.wsj.com

Tthey are hoping that this credit and reduction in price will increase sales since retail session begins in fourth quarter.  They made a mistake in the pricing and now they are trying correct it.  I will be curious to see if the pricing drops again in December.  My opinion is that it will not.  I think they will prepare for retail season and hope for the best.

Howard BergmanVice PresidentDERIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Virtualization - Desktops - Servers - Storage

June 26, 2007

Analysis of:Embracing the World of Virtualization | www.minyanville.com

Virtualization is rapidly gaining ground in medium and large firms.  Many have deployed VMWare which enables many Operating Systems to reside on a single Server.  This technology is being installed every day in more and more date centers. Maximizing CPU utilization is a mainstream topic. Citrix enables dozens of users to have "virtual" desktops, supplied seamlessly by a single server.  All a user needs is a browser, point to  the Citrix server and voila, he/she has a full secured set of desktop applications. Storage is now virtualized by software.  For example, multiple servers attach to a "box of disks" also called a SAN, Storage Area Network.  This SAN removes the concept of "these disks belong with this server". All servers share all the disks.

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