Dan Kusnetzky

Dan Kusnetzky

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Daniel Kusnetzky, a reformed software engineer and product manager, founded Kusnetzky Group LLC in 2006. He is responsible for research, publications, and operations. Mr. Kusnetzky has been involved with information technology since the lat…e 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. In his spare time, he's also the managing partner of Lux Sonus LLC, an investment firm.

The Kusnetzky Group LLC is an independent technology industry research firm that focuses on system software, virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure. Dan's opinions are based upon research, personal experiences and actual use of technology. They are not based upon the relationships the company may or may not have with suppliers, end user organizations, the media, consultants or other analysts. Dan's research is available on a subscription basis through Kusnetzky Group LLC. Dan's attendance at industry events or at client meetings may be sponsored by the client. Clients may provide hardware or software for testing prior to the publication of analysis that includes that product. Clients may also provide shirts, jackets, coffee cups, folders, backpacks, pens and other event tchotchke. While nice, these don't effect Dan's opinions or insight about those clients or their products.

Latest from Dan Kusnetzky

VMware acquires Desktone: Is your next desktop going to live in the cloud?

VMware announced that it has acquired desktop as a service supplier Desktone. Does this signal that your next desktop will live in some cloud service provider's data center?

November 11, 2013 by Dan Kusnetzky in Cloud

Red Hat launches its own OpenStack product.

Red Hat's General Manager of Virtualization and OpenStack talks about Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0. Red Hat, once again, positions itself as the "go-to" source for all things open source.

December 20, 2013 by Dan Kusnetzky in Cloud

GenieDB - global, distributed, Database as a Service

Database as a Service is an emerging area of cloud computing. GenieDB wants to win in that market by offering a version of MySQL that provides continuous availability using a geographically distributed, multi-cloud service offering.

May 5, 2014 by Dan Kusnetzky in Cloud

Why did Egenera acquire Fort Technologies?

Conversation with Pete Manca, CEO of Egenera, about the why Egenera acquired Fort Technologies

December 7, 2012 by Dan Kusnetzky in Cloud

BlueShore Financial explains why it chose CloudPhysics

Choosing a monitoring, management and operational analytics solution can be difficult. BlueShore Financial selected CloudPhysics' Software-as-a-Service solution to address their requirements. BlueShore's Infrastructure Architect explains why his organization made this decision.

November 15, 2013 by Dan Kusnetzky in Cloud

Anturis tells SMB to stay in control with cloud-based monitoring

Small to medium businesses have the same need to monitor and manage their IT solutions as larger firms. They don't, however, have the same resources. Anturis believes its software as a service cloud-based monitoring and management offering is the solution.

July 15, 2013 by Dan Kusnetzky in Cloud

AvailabilityGuard/Cloud from Continuity Software

Minor configuration errors can sneak up on IT administrators and bring things crashing down. Sometimes these errors only show up when an application is moved to a cloud service provider. Continuity Software says that its AvailabilityGuard/Cloud makes it easier to find and resolve these issues.

September 10, 2012 by Dan Kusnetzky in Cloud