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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://vmblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>VMblog.com - Virtualization News and Information for Everyone : Analyst</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Analyst</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>HotLink Named "Cool Vendor" by Gartner</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/04/30/hotlink-named-cool-vendor-by-gartner.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:36192</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/36192.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=36192</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=36192</wfw:comment><description>HotLink Corporation , the market leader in transformation solutions for heterogeneous virtualization management, today announced it has been included &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/04/30/hotlink-named-cool-vendor-by-gartner.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=36192" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Awards/default.aspx">Awards</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>Tech Spending Still Strong Despite Economic Volatility and Cannibalization from Mobile Devices and the Cloud, According to IDC’s Worldwide Black Book</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/02/25/tech-spending-still-strong-despite-economic-volatility-and-cannibalization-from-mobile-devices-and-the-cloud-according-to-idc-s-worldwide-black-book.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:35822</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/35822.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=35822</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=35822</wfw:comment><description>According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Book , IT spending remained broadly strong throughout a difficult end to &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/02/25/tech-spending-still-strong-despite-economic-volatility-and-cannibalization-from-mobile-devices-and-the-cloud-according-to-idc-s-worldwide-black-book.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=35822" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>Rackspace Named a Strong Performer in Hosted Private Cloud by Independent Research Firm</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/02/13/rackspace-named-a-strong-performer-in-hosted-private-cloud-by-independent-research-firm.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:35769</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/35769.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=35769</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=35769</wfw:comment><description>Rackspace Hosting, the open cloud company, today announced it has been named, along with one other vendor, a Top Performer by Forrester Research Inc. &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/02/13/rackspace-named-a-strong-performer-in-hosted-private-cloud-by-independent-research-firm.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=35769" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>Ovum says "Data will be the new cloud computing oil" in 2013</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/01/18/ovum-says-data-will-be-the-new-cloud-computing-oil-in-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:35617</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/35617.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=35617</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=35617</wfw:comment><description>Ovum has published three "Trends to watch reports" on Cloud computing and reveals that 2013 will see cloud computing continue to grow rapidly. 2013... &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/01/18/ovum-says-data-will-be-the-new-cloud-computing-oil-in-2013.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=35617" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Cloud/default.aspx">Cloud</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>451 Research Publishes In-Depth Server and Virtualization Study</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/01/16/451-research-publishes-in-depth-server-and-virtualization-study.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:35585</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/35585.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=35585</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=35585</wfw:comment><description>TheInfoPro, a service of 451 Research , released its latest Servers and Virtualization Study, indicating a major refresh of x86 server infrastructure &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2013/01/16/451-research-publishes-in-depth-server-and-virtualization-study.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=35585" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category 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Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/35058.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=35058</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=35058</wfw:comment><description>Virtual Bridges, Inc . today announced it has been named a “Major Player” in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Virtualization 2012 Vendor... &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/11/16/virtual-bridges-named-a-major-player-in-idc-marketscape-worldwide-client-virtualization-2012-vendor-analysis.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=35058" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Desktop+Virtualization/default.aspx">Desktop Virtualization</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Awards/default.aspx">Awards</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>Asigra Recognized in Leading Analyst Firm Report on Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Endpoint Backup</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/11/02/asigra-recognized-in-leading-analyst-firm-report-on-critical-capabilities-for-enterprise-endpoint-backup.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:34373</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/34373.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=34373</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=34373</wfw:comment><description>Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud Backup, Recovery and Restore (BURR) software provider since 1986, today announced an overall use case rating of “good”... &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/11/02/asigra-recognized-in-leading-analyst-firm-report-on-critical-capabilities-for-enterprise-endpoint-backup.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=34373" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Cloud/default.aspx">Cloud</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Business+Continuity/default.aspx">Business Continuity</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>Virtustream Positioned in the "Visionaries" Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/10/25/virtustream-positioned-in-the-visionaries-quadrant-of-the-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-infrastructure-as-a-service.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid 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domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>CSC Positioned in "Leaders" Quadrant of Leading Industry Analyst Firm's Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Report</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/10/24/csc-positioned-in-leaders-quadrant-of-leading-industry-analyst-firm-s-cloud-infrastructure-as-a-service-report.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:33830</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/33830.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=33830</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=33830</wfw:comment><description>CSC announced today that it has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of the new Gartner report , “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a... &lt;a 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Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/33358.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=33358</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=33358</wfw:comment><description>Aberdeen Group , a Harte-Hanks Company, today announced the publication of new research reports from its IT Infrastructure/Storage and... &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/10/15/aberdeen-publishes-it-infrastructure-storage-and-virtualization-and-business-intelligence-research.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=33358" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>APAC Virtualization Security Market To Reach $549 Mn In 2017</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/09/14/apac-virtualization-security-market-to-reach-549-mn-in-2017.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:32726</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/32726.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=32726</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=32726</wfw:comment><description>In the wake of rising cost pressures, enterprises in the Asia Pacific are rapidly adopting virtualisation in their IT infrastructure setup to address &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/09/14/apac-virtualization-security-market-to-reach-549-mn-in-2017.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=32726" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Security/default.aspx">Security</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>Gartner Highlights Five Things That the Private Cloud Is Not</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/09/13/gartner-highlights-five-things-that-the-private-cloud-is-not.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:32688</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/32688.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=32688</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=32688</wfw:comment><description>Ongoing hype around private cloud computing is creating misperceptions about private cloud, according to Gartner, Inc. To help reduce the hype and... &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/09/13/gartner-highlights-five-things-that-the-private-cloud-is-not.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=32688" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Cloud/default.aspx">Cloud</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item><item><title>Leading Analyst Firm Reports That Astute Networks' Flash VM Storage Appliance Eliminates Virtual Machine I/O Performance Barriers for Virtual Server and Virtual Desktop Environments</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/09/11/leading-analyst-firm-reports-that-astute-networks-flash-vm-storage-appliance-eliminates-virtual-machine-i-o-performance-barriers-for-virtual-server-and-virtual-desktop-environments.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:32659</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/32659.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=32659</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=32659</wfw:comment><description>Astute Networks, Inc. , the leading provider of performance storage for virtual machines, today announced that its ViSX G4 Flash VM storage appliance &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/09/11/leading-analyst-firm-reports-that-astute-networks-flash-vm-storage-appliance-eliminates-virtual-machine-i-o-performance-barriers-for-virtual-server-and-virtual-desktop-environments.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=32659" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Storage/default.aspx">Storage</category></item><item><title>Parallels Named a "Cool Vendor" in Cloud Services by Gartner</title><link>http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/07/11/parallels-named-a-cool-vendor-in-cloud-services-by-gartner.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a95d6d6f-811b-4bbc-8107-126c0b0b4226:31729</guid><dc:creator>David Marshall</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://vmblog.com/comments/31729.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://vmblog.com/commentrss.aspx?PostID=31729</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://vmblog.com/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=31729</wfw:comment><description>Parallels, the hosting and cloud services enablement leader, today announced technology research firm Gartner has recognized Parallels as a Cool... &lt;a href="http://vmblog.com/archive/2012/07/11/parallels-named-a-cool-vendor-in-cloud-services-by-gartner.aspx"&gt;Read more at VMblog.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://vmblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31729" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Cloud/default.aspx">Cloud</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Awards/default.aspx">Awards</category><category domain="http://vmblog.com/archive/tags/Analyst/default.aspx">Analyst</category></item></channel></rss>