Reflections on Next Generation Data Center Panel on Virtualization

In August, I had the pleasure of being invited to participate in a panel discussion at the Next Generation Data Center Conference, entitled “Virtualization 2.0“.The panel was moderated by Dan Kusnetzky, Principle Analyst, President, Kusnetzky Group LLC and including fascinating perspectives from Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director of xkoto, Greg O’Connor, CEO of Trigence, and Lawrence Stein, Engineering VP of Scalent Systems.

The panel was covered in a number of publications including ZDNet’s Virtually Speaking (by Dan Kusnetzky), On-Demand Enterprise and Data Center Knowledge.

A number of themes emerged from the conversation that are intimately familiar to the readers of IT’s about Uptime.

• How do we use virtualization to solve business problems that have previously been unsolvable?
• How do we evolve and build the datacenter of tomorrow from the datacenter of today?
• How is the use of virtualization evolving in the datacenter? How do we speed up adoption?
• Are terms such as Virtualization 2.0 actually rehashing old ideas under a new naming umbrella?
• How do we handle the challenges of availability for our multi-tier business applications?
• How will the differing types of virtualization affect IT operations professionals?
• What is the appropriate level of datacenter consolidation?

For those of you who couldn’t attend the show in person, we have included the audio recording of the panel as well as the panel transcript below for your enjoyment.

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Special thanks to Dan for moderating a great panel and to the team at the Next Generation Data Center conference for facilitating the event.

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