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Dan Kusnetzky

Dan Kusnetzky
Daniel Kusnetzky, Vice President of Research Operations for The 451 Group (which includes 451 Research, Tier1 Research and the Uptime Institute), is responsible for research, publications, and operations. Mr. Kusnetzky has been has been involved with information technology since the late 1970s. Most recently Mr. Kusnetzky was Principal Analyst for KG LLC. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President of Corporate and Marketing Strategy for Open-Xchange, Inc., Vice President of IDC's System Software research and was responsible for research and analysis on the worldwide market for operating environments and virtualization software. During his 12 years with IDC, he was one of the most quoted analysts in the world. Prior with his time with IDC, he spent 15 years with Digital Equipment Corporation, where he was responsible for program and product management, and marketing in the areas of client software, server software, and clustered and networked systems.

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Virtualization is a mix of technologies that is changing how datacenters use standard systems. Dan Kusnetzky examines this hotly competitive market and weighs the strengths and weaknesses of each supplier.
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  • Device independence and the future of mobility

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 29, 2010, 2:30am PDT

    Dave Buchholz, Technology Evangelist, Intel IT, and I had a interesting romp through the history of systems and how things have changed over the years. It was wonderful to meet a fellow computer...

  • BYOC - what does it mean for the industry?

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 28, 2010, 3:07am PDT

    As I travel from event to event, I’ve begun to notice a pattern. Attendees tell me that they’re using a device such as a computer, an internet tablet, a netbook or a smartphone that...

  • Security and performance issues delay Google's L.A. Email roll out

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 27, 2010, 3:28am PDT

    There have been many industry reports concerning a delayed roll out of Google’s cloud Email service for the city of Los Angeles. The City, by the way, is moving from its current GroupWise...

  • Dell KACE offers tool to create "secure browser"

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 26, 2010, 3:05am PDT

    Dell KACE offers free security tool to FireFox users. Others will have to buy something to use the tool.

  • Top 10 Server Virtualization Myths - drive by post review

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 23, 2010, 4:43am PDT

    While doing my morning news scan, I came across Top 10 Server Virtualization Myths — Debunked posted by Kenneth Hess over at ServerWatch. He brings up some important issues concerning cost,...

  • Panorama a new vision for business intelligence

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 22, 2010, 3:21am PDT

    Quite a while ago, Eynav Azarya, CEO of Panorama, and I had a really interesting discussion about business intelligence tools and how they could be of more use to business decision makers. The...

  • When organizations put a lot of eggs in one basket - desktop side of the story

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 21, 2010, 3:17am PDT

    A while back, I posted about some of the availability/reliability problems that can arise when many workloads are hosted on the same physical server (see When organizations put a lot of eggs in...

  • What's causing your applications to perform badly? Fusion-IO has a suggestion

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 20, 2010, 3:45am PDT

    After speaking with the folks at Fusion-IO back in June during their tour to announce a partnership with HP, I’ve been thinking about application performance issues and the various ways to...

  • Lovely and challenging trip

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 19, 2010, 7:28am PDT

    I should be back in my office tomorrow morning.  It’s been a lovely trip and a challenging one as well. The lovely bits were visiting the Admiral’s Inn in Ogonquit, ME, and the...

  • Seeking the Internet in upstate Maine

    By Dan Kusnetzky | July 15, 2010, 3:07am PDT

    I haven’t posted much in the past week because I’m currently visiting upstate Maine. While discussing the problem and potential solutions, my son-in-law pointed out that how high speed...

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