Virtualizing your reality:
Ten Questions with
VMware's Mark Egan
Ten Questions with
VMware's Mark Egan
December 16, 2010
In its May 2010 research note on x86 server virtualization infrastructure, Gartner opens with the assertion that "the market has a number of viable choices." Bu
t its Magic Quadrant shows that VMware has stretched out its lead like Usain Bolt into the top-right corner of the top-right quadrant (combination of execution and vision), with the rest of the quadrant noticeably vacant.
In its May 2010 research note on x86 server virtualization infrastructure, Gartner opens with the assertion that "the market has a number of viable choices." Bu
t its Magic Quadrant shows that VMware has stretched out its lead like Usain Bolt into the top-right corner of the top-right quadrant (combination of execution and vision), with the rest of the quadrant noticeably vacant.
Why is that important? Last year, the number of virtual machines passed its tipping point of outnumbering physical hosts in the world.
"...if you think of social-media apps, for example, how do we take some of these systems with a Soviet-era interface and make them look like Facebook and be as easy as Twitter? I believe the user interface trumps functionality."
VMware counts all of the Fortune 100 among its 200,000 customers and was recognized last year with the Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Award. Under the leadership of CIO Mark Egan's global information technology group, VMware's strategy has been to emphasize its capacity to both improve agility and cut costs.
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