2013 was another truly amazing year for the virtualization and cloud industries. And I'm excited that I was once again able to be a part of it. With every new year, we grow our fantastic community... and I expect 2014 to continue that trend.
At this time, I'd like to personally thank everyone for being a valued member and reader of VMblog! Once again, with the help of each of you, VMblog has been able to remain one of the oldest and most successful virtualization and cloud news sites on the Web -- providing readers with valuable information in these expanding markets for the last 10 years! Now that's impressive and exciting!
I also want to make sure to thank my sponsors over the course of the year, without whom, none of this would have been possible. They help keep the lights on at VMblog. And many of them have been with me for quite a few years, so thank you! Acronis, Citrix, CloudByte, Cloudyn, CommVault, DataCore Software, Dell (VKernel), Embotics, FSLogix, HotLink, Liquidware Labs, Parallels, PHD Virtual, SolarWinds, Splunk, Symantec, Tegile Systems, Veeam, VMTurbo, Zenoss and Zerto.
This was the 6th year in a row that VMblog has published its fun and successful Executive Prediction Series. It keeps getting better every year; and as we wrap up and conclude this year's predictions, we hit a new record of participation! The series had a whopping 116 companies participate and share their predictions for the year, and I'm thrilled with all of these quality submissions.
Folks, strap in, raise and lock your seat trays, and put your seats in their upright position. And let's take off with 2014!
To kick things off, here is a wrap up of the prediction series in a single post. If you didn't have a chance to keep up with the entire series throughout the months of November and December, now is your chance to catch up and read what these experts had to say about their predictions for this year. Enjoy!
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Recently a group of executives, including myself, formed a new
council whose aim is to increase disaster recovery preparedness and
improve disaster recovery practices. The idea is to study current DR
practices and develop DR standards and best practices for the industry
to follow. Our initial resear...
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The market for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is projected
to grow dramatically, with Parallels SMB Cloud Insights research
predicting cloud-based IaaS revenue will double in the next three years,
from $15.8 billion in 2012 to $31.3 billion in 2015. Increasing demand
from service providers for a...
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Each year when we take a look at what has transpired, we also stop and
think what may be coming in the future. In 2014, I'll go so far as to
say that it may be the year of 100% virtualized for many people....
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The New Year brings upon thoughtful considerations about what
the tech industry has done and where it is going. As we look back on a
year of growth for virtualization, mobility, and the cloud, we also look
forward at how this growth will affect modern datacenters....
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It's hard to believe that a year has passed since we were
sharing our 2013 predictions, but the time has come again to look into
our crystal ball and see what the virtualization and cloud industries
have in store for 2014....
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The cloud predictions that have dominated the news over the past
several years are, in fact, materializing in real-world IT deployments
across organizations large and small. While it doesn't take a lot of
sage-like vision to forecast rapidly growing public cloud use - whether
sanctioned or unsanct...
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In preparation for the annual VMBlog Prediction Series, I
sharpened my pencil and reviewed my list of forward-sounding acronyms to
determine what to keep and what to throw out. The choices are still
vast: SDN, SDS, SDDC, VDI, SSD, SaaS, IaaS, AWS, NSA and WTF. A few of
these are clearly in the “that...
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I'm starting off my 2014 predictions like I do every year, by
calling the Atlanta Braves as the winners of the World Series.
Eventually I'll be right, like the last time they won in 1995, and when I
do I'd like to have it in print somewhere. I was going to make a
prediction about Bitcoin at $800, ...
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