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Dan Kusnetzky

Dan Kusnetzky

Daniel Kusnetzky, Analyst and Founder of Kusnetzky Group LLC, is responsible for research, publications, and operations. Mr. Kusnetzky has been involved with information technology since the late 1970s. Mr. Kusnetzky has been responsible for research operations at the 451 Group; corporate and marketing strategy for Open-Xchange; system software and virtualization research at IDC; and program and product management at Digital Equipment Corporation.; Today, Mr. Kusnetzky focuses on system software, virtualization technology and cloud computing.

Paula Rooney

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Paula Rooney

Paula Rooney

Paula Rooney has covered the technology industry for more than 15 years, starting with semiconductor design and mini-computer systems at EDN News and later focused on PC software companies including Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, Red Hat, Novell and other open source and commercial software companies for CRN and PCWeek. She received a silver award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2005 for her profile on Linus Torvalds and edited and co-authored "Partnering With Microsoft," a book about Microsoft's channel published by CMP Publishing in 2004. Rooney graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1997. In her off time, she enjoys scuba diving, sailing, sun worshipping, running and reading. She resides on the shores of Scituate, Massachusetts.

Ken Hess

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Ken Hess

Ken Hess
Kenneth 'Ken' Hess is a full-time Windows and Linux system administrator with over 15 years of experience with Mac, Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems in large multi-data center environments.

Ken writes on a variety of topics including interoperability, virtualization, data center operations, databases, and open source software. He has written and co-written books on Linux, databases, and virtualization. He currently writes a System Administration column for Linux Magazine and is a regular contributor to Linux User & Developer magazine, ServerWatch.com's Trends and InfoStor. He often contributes to other online and print publications as well.

His first computer was a Commodore VIC-20, which he purchased because William Shatner was in the commercials.

In his limited spare time, Ken enjoys painting, drawing, and flinging angry birds at fortified pigs.

About Virtually Speaking

Virtualization reaches from hand-held devices to the data center to the clouds. Virtually Speaking examines the forces behind this expansion, the suppliers of the technology and the organizations using the technology.

  • Pano Logic System 6 brings PCs into the fold

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 21, 2012, 3:10am PDT

    Many people in the world of information technology remember how straightforward desktop device management was in the days of the Mainframe and, later, the minicomputer. They’d like to...

  • Librato

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 18, 2012, 4:05am PDT

    We are facing a world of increasing IT complexity. Librato believes that its Silverline and Metrics products will help IT administrators monitor IT operations and quickly find the reasons for slow...

  • Public cloud execs dish out Top 10 tips for enterprises building hybrid clouds

    By Paula Rooney | May 17, 2012, 11:55am PDT

    “Enterprise-class” or “cloud class?” Enterprises are now looking to public cloud providers to figure out how to build the best hybrid cloud. At InterOp recently, executives...

  • Xangati updates management dashboard

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 16, 2012, 3:27am PDT

    Applications have become very complex and highly distributed. Each application might be segmented and virtualized in different ways. This means performance management has become a major problem....

  • ADARA Networks - is it bigger than a breadbox?

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 15, 2012, 3:51am PDT

    ADARA Networks appears to be doing its best to do just about everything for everyone, everywhere, always. While an interesting concept, I have to wonder about a company trying to have such a broad...

  • Embrane and the software defined data center

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 14, 2012, 4:01am PDT

    Today’s modern data center is very complex. No supplier offers tools that can directly address everything there. This means that organizations are likely to need a combination of tools from...

  • Catch phrases, buzz words and you

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 11, 2012, 3:50am PDT

    Suppliers have long looked for ways to create a competitive edge. Creating a memorable catch phrase or new buzz word can help them shape and guide industry interest. “Dark Data” and...

  • Citrix and the mobile enterprise

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 10, 2012, 4:00am PDT

    Citrix has evolved from humble beginnings into a supplier that really can reduce its customers overall costs, deal with a herd of remote computing devices while making the environment manageable...

  • Tegile Systems storage virtualization and hybrid storage

    By Dan Kusnetzky | May 9, 2012, 3:37am PDT

    Organizations using other virtualization technology, such as application or processing virtualization, need to consider how storage virtualization can improve their operations. Tegile Systems...

  • Cisco to debut Cloud Connect in June

    By Paula Rooney | May 8, 2012, 10:37pm PDT

    Cisco plans to debut in June a new product called Cloud Connect which will enable secure connectivity between virtualized data centers and across cloud environments. Cisco is working with VMware,...

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