By Monte M. Korn
(Information taken from Wall Street Journal article written by Ben Worthen titled “VMware Expands ‘Cloud’ Strategy” appearing in the Monday, August 31, edition.)
“Cloud computing is an industry term for information that is stored remotely on equipment operated by outside specialists and accessed via the Internet.
“At its annual conference this week, VMware on Tuesday will unveil technology aimed at both making it easier for businesses to move information into the cloud and to run their own data centers more efficiently.
“The product also helps companies track in more detail the computing resources these programs consume.
“Running a data center ‘will become increasingly a business discussion,’ and not a series of technical decisions, said Paul Maritz, VMware’s chief executive.
“VMware’s announcement comes amid a greater push by tech companies into cloud computing. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. last week became locked in a public bidding war for once-obscure 3PAR Inc., which makes storage systems tuned for the setup.
“And Microsoft Corp. in July announced a version of its Windows operating system designed specifically for the cloud.
“‘We think this is the future,’ Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft’s server and tools business, said at the time.
“VMware’s new cloud push brings it into competition with CA Inc., BMC Software Inc., International Business Machines Corp., and H-P, which all offer software for managing servers.”
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Monte M. Korn is an attorney practicing law in West Bloomfield, has been a member of the State Bar of Michigan since 1942, and is a member of the Probate and Elder Law Sections of the State Bar.
Monte Korn is the talk show host of “Open Line with Monte Korn” on radio station WNZK am690 every morning at 11 a.m. He can be reached at (248) 933-4334.
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