A study just released by CA and VMware supports recent findings not only that more machines are being virtualized, but also that companies are moving beyond mere server virtualization. Also noteworthy are that 72 percent of respondents are aggressively virtualizing production servers, and 64 percent are comfortable virtualizing mission-critical systems. This is a far cry from a couple of years ago, when these same percentages might be tied to who was testing virtualized environments. And for the internal cloud lovers out there, the study found 31 percent of respondents already pursuing “dynamic resource optimization objectives.”
Infrastructure Links for this Week
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Larry offers Hotel California …

Simon Wardley is concerned that Oracle's latest cloud announcements may appear to offer a short-term solution, whilst handing the competition a valuable advantage.
Submitted by Paul Miller
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Benioff’s private cloud bluster: Can it last?

I hope not. I believe in the long-term ascendancy of the public cloud, but all this "false cloud" rhetoric is nonsense.
Submitted by Paul Miller
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Mike Loukides sees Oracle's announcement of a NoSQL product as validation of this alternative to the data management model that Oracle has epitomised for so long.
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Samsung and Micron’s new Hybrid Cube Memory tech is greener and faster

Will it not get very hot?
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Google adds cloud-based SQL database to App Engine

Google announces a preview of Google Cloud SQL, a potentially valuable addition to App Engine.
Submitted by Paul Miller
