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3 ways VMware has succeeded – Distributed Computing’s Failure in Masquerading as a Mainframe

3 ways VMware has succeeded – Distributed Computing’s Failure in Masquerading as a Mainframe

by Chris O'Malley | Sep 27, 2016

With $6 billion in revenue, VMware is heralded as a great success in the enterprise tech sector. However, VMware’s success is a clear indicator of the failure of distributed computing. Here’s why: Reason #1: A $6 billion band-aid The first chapter of the sad story of...

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Turn Out The Lights…The Party’s Over! Mainframes Rout Commodity Servers!

Turn Out The Lights…The Party’s Over! Mainframes Rout Commodity Servers!

by Chris O'Malley | Aug 31, 2016

Big Lie Revealed: Commodity Servers Not Cheaper Than Mainframe For decades, CIOs have been sold the Big Lie that running workloads on commodity servers is cheaper than running them on the mainframe. Recent studies by Gartner Senior Adviser and MIT Associate Dr. Howard...

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