Well, I have been to the mountain top, but now I am back in the valley. I saw the big “cloud” and it looks like a magic genie. It offers “IT as a service”, reduction in time to a positive ROI, more freedom for end users, and effective control for the IT department. Well Aladdin, what do you think? Is it real or just smoke and mirrors? My take is that it is real but like the story goes, you need to be wise and prepared when you let the genie out of the bottle. This is sophisticated technology and just because it has a lot of graphical interfaces with the underlying code does not mean you can treat it like a series of drag-and –drop applications.
Remember that virtualization is networking and the same principles (and more) apply. Think of basic virtualization as today’s version of clustering – powerful but like the “genie”, waiting for some unsuspecting soul to have a momentary lapse in vigilance only to find they are trapped inside the “bottle of frustration”. Fortunately, the reigning “King of the cloud” and your ole buddy, the” IT Sage” understands this dilemma and stands ready to assist you. VMware has a veritable plethora of documentation, training videos, online training, discussion groups, and people like me, who have become converts, to assist you on your journey.
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