Tag Archives: Nicira

March 6, 2013 Posted in Business 2 Comments

On Big Cloud Threats–Watch out for Google Compute Engine

By Ben Kepes

Last year saw the long-expected, and oft-delayed announcement by Google that it was entering the cloud infrastructure market. Google Compute Engine (GCE) is a fairly immature (in terms of product breadth) raw infrastructure service that initially at least, seems to be trying to compete with the incumbent, Amazon Web Services,

Tagged amazon web services, AWS, emc, google, Nicira, OpenStack, rackspace, VMware, Werner Vogels |

August 16, 2012 Posted in Business 4 Comments

A Preview of VMworld–On VMware’s Cunning Plans

By Ben Kepes

In a couple of weeks I’ll be in San Francisco for VMware annual conference, VMworld. This will actually be my first time attending the even in person and I suspect I’ve chosen the best year to be there – there are some seismic shifts occurring in VMware’s business and I

Tagged AWS, cisco, cloudcomputing, emc, Nicira, Simon Wardley, vCloud, VMware |

July 23, 2012 Posted in Business 1 Comment

VMware Acquires Nicira–Quick Analysis

By Ben Kepes

Yet another day of massive news with today’s blast coming from VMware who are acquiring Nicira, a five year old veteran of software defined networking (SDN). This follows closely on the heels of VMware’s acquisition of DynamicOps, a heterogeneous cloud management tools and really speaks to VMware’s view on a

Tagged cloudcomputing, data center, DynamicOps, Nicira, OpenStack, SpringSource, Virtual machine, VMware |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.