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Virtualization and new business models
At Longworth, we take an active interest in virtualization, which is one of the hottest markets in systems software today. My role at Longworth is to stay on top of trends and interesting companies in...
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Virtual reality: Look at the market today
As we have seen via announcements from the major virtualization vendors over the last year, the virtualization platform is becoming a zero-ticket item, and the focus of innovation is moving to the...
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Cloud computing grows up with Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances
Amazon just announced a new feature in its EC2 cloud computing infrastructure: Reserved Instances. Reserved Instances enable Amazon Web Services users to reserve EC2 capacity with a one-time advance...
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Virtualization ‘versus’ cloud: is there even a versus?
If 2008 weren’t enough already, buzz around cloud computing startups is reaching deafening levels this year. On the one hand, large enterprises are taking the opportunity to reduce capital expenditure...
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Thoughts on the Open Cloud Manifesto
Late last week, I got hold of a leaked copy of the Open Cloud Manifesto, a proclamation and call-to-action for all stakeholders in cloud computing to keep in mind the principles of openness and...
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BarCamp Boston
I’ll be attending BarCamp Boston at MIT’s Stata Center on April 25-26, 2009. Go to the BarCamp Boston site and register for a weekend of ideas, cool sessions and general geekery. There seems to be a...
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Our investment in VKernel
Today, VKernel announced a new round of funding led by Longworth Venture Partners. We welcome CEO Alex Bakman and the VKernel team into the Longworth family. The press release and other relevant...
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Are enterprise clouds the new SOA?
Have you heard of this cool new concept in enterprise computing that will revolutionize the way your organization’s IT works? It will meet the technological needs of your business of course, but in...
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Cloud computing and startups
Kudos to Intuit for hosting a great event “Startups and the Cloud” at Bentley College on June 11. I was invited to be a keynote speaker at the event and I had the opportunity to lay out the cloud...
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Google’s Chrome OS: science project or serious product?
Google’s Chrome OS announcement has lit up the blogosphere; the OS is expected to hit the market late in 2010. Most of the excitement seems to center on the fact that this is the first genuine salvo in...
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