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Welcome to the future!
I must be in a parallel reality because I've been working in your data center of the future for a while.

"HP and IBM are likely to enter the networking market"

HP has been in the networking market since 1979. I have used HP ProCurve switches for about 10 years.

"Virtualization will be embedded everywhere as a commodity software layer"

You can buy VMware ESXi embedded in Dell or HP servers today. Microsoft has been shipping Hyper-V for a few months. Linux distros offer at least two options for baked-in virtualization.

"Ultimately, storage, servers, switches and even routers will all be lumped in a multi-purpose box in the data center that will save space"

Have you ever heard of a blade solution? They've been around since 2001 and have exploded in popularity in the last few years because they let you put storage, servers, switches and even routers in one multi-purpose box that saves space. Does that sound at all familiar?
Posted by: cubertsc@...   Posted on: 03/13/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Welcome to the future!  cubertsc@... | 03/13/09
Good points  petemitchell | 03/13/09
This could be huge.  dkawalec | 03/13/09

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