Clay Ryder on IT-Analysis.com

Citrix Announces XenServer 5

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0100

This announcement is interesting as it represents more than just the latest version of a virtualization offering; it illustrates the potential for transforming application delivery environment that we posited last year. [Read More...]

The Virtual Appliance?

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:41:01 +0100

In the world of IT the demarcation between servers, storage, networking, software, and a bevy of other devices is becoming is less clear every day. In particular, this got me thinking about one piece... [Read More...]

IBM Announces New Power Systems

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Happily, with this announcement, organizations that are serious about consolidating UNIX, Linux, and i5/OS applications into a simplified solution can now do this very task in a state-of-the-art blade environment. [Read More...]

New 3.2 Gigabit FireWire

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Fasteners are generally not all that exciting and can viewed as a commodity. But in the case of FireWire, and its latest high-speed specification, the potential impact is more than a mere commodity could deliver. [Read More...]

Red Hat Releases JBoss Developer Studio

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

With this announcement, the potential of a comprehensive IDE that supports all development tasks, whether they are Java-, Ajax-, or Linux-based, has become a reality. [Read More...]

EMC Updates Invista SAN Virtualization

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

As we have said before, EMC has taken the view that virtualization should occur as far down into the network as possible to take advantage of the increasing intelligence of the underlying network. [Read More...]

3PAR Introduces 3cV

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Typically, when we see multiple vendors working together to promote solutions that provide a surety of interactivity across the range of IT infrastructure we are heartened and applaud their efforts. [Read More...]

Fujitsu Siemens Computers New CentricStor Storage Solution

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

The mantra of tape is dead continues to echo throughout the marketplace; however, the reality of simple economics along with a new green twist on tape illustrates how it continues to enjoy a viable position in many organizations. [Read More...]

OpenSolaris and the System z

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

The mainframe has continuously re-proven its abilities as a virtualized consolidation platform for a variety of nontraditional workloads including those based on Java and Linux. [Read More...]

IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Through its support for most of the standard and common interconnect technologies in the datacenter, OFM offers organizations a straightforward method to interconnect new blade chassis investments into existing datacenter architecture. [Read More...]

HP Blades: flexibility and efficiency in the data center

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

What's troubling about this announcement is not the technology, nor the vision of the company, but rather the seeming need by the company to promote a larger-than-necessary aura around everything HP. [Read More...]

HP updates Integrity systems

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Although incremental improvements in processor speed is pretty much a given, focusing solely on the processor itself misses the largest picture. [Read More...]

Fujitsu Siemens Computers updates x10sure virtualization

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

For small organizations seeking clustering or advanced virtualization and failover without a gold-plated price tag, the level of High Availability that x10sure provides would likely qualify as good enough for many organizations. [Read More...]

IBM announces new POWER6 Blade and energy efficiency software

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

While POWER blades are not new, this is the first POWER6 blade and more importantly, the first blade equipped with APV and Live Partition Mobility. [Read More...]

IBM Unveils Updated Active Energy Manager

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Power consumption, especially in the datacenter of many organizations, is simply a given cost of doing business, and one that in many cases is not fully understood or correctly measured. [Read More...]

3PAR VM software for utility storage

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

For many, virtualization conjures up thoughts of server consolidation, or perhaps teaching a desktop a new trick by hosting multiple operating systems at a time. [Read More...]

HP Agrees that Citrix Is PowerSmart

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0100

HP's support for PowerSmart is important for Citrix, its customers, and the market overall. [Read More...]

IBM Enhances CDAT with New Toolset

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

For IBM, engaging with myriad channel partners can be rewarding at best, but challenging at worst. [Read More...]

EMC NetWorker adds De-Duplication and CDP

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0100

As data management continues to grow in importance for organizations, so does the implicit demand for more sophisticated, feature-rich solutions that can bring together formerly discrete functionality into a cohesive, unified offering. [Read More...]

Green Grid announces Technical Committee deliverables

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0100

The greening of the datacenter has been the subject of much spilled ink as of late; however, despite the verbiage afforded the topic, there are still few standardized methods by which to measure the overall efficiency of the datacenter. [Read More...]

VMware announces New SMB-Focused offerings

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0100

This latest release of VMware has plenty of technological capability to pique the interest of even the most jaded IT professional while the company continues its upward trek of refining its product offerings and incorporating new features. [Read More...]

Sun announces new T2-based servers and blades

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

According to the company, the Sun Blade T6320 server module is the fastest performing single-socket blade, consumes nearly 30% less power, and is optimized for large multi-node installations. [Read More...]

ABBYY launches document structure-aware OCR

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

One of the most daunting tasks in OCR is not capturing a photographic copy of a document, nor discovering the text within, but rather maintaining the context/fidelity of the document form. [Read More...]

Fujitsu Siemens introduces new FibreCAT storage for SMBs

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

We are pleased to see FSC's continued focus on creating appropriately scaled solutions that target the SMB without diluting the value proposition of the solution. [Read More...]

HDS enhances its midrange storage solutions

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

The security-focused enhancements from HDS will likely be well received by organizations looking to improve their security portfolio. [Read More...]

IBM Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Although IBM Innovation Centers are not new, their continued growth in both number as well as engagements is an important factor as the company furthers its competitive push in the marketplace. [Read More...]

Sun and Microsoft expand strategic alliance

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0100

If Rip Van Winkle had fallen asleep in 1997 and awoken a decade later, would he recognize the marketplace he had left behind or would he be in a state of disbelief? [Read More...]

DMTF Accepts New Format for Portable VMs

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:00:00 +0100

We find this announcement interesting as it is further evidence of the growing acceptance of virtualized environments and an indication that the industry at large is taking seriously the need to provide for standardized mechanisms. [Read More...]

HP's Midsized Push

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0100

With this announcement, and the recent SMB-focused blade solutions from IBM, we see the two leading systems vendors in a competitive campaign to win the hearts and minds of IT professionals. [Read More...]

VMware Next Gen Hypervisor in Server Hardware

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0100

This announcement addresses one of the limitations of current VMware technology, namely that the hypervisor is software- as opposed to firmware- or hardware-based. [Read More...]