Comments for Sam Routledge's Blog http://samroutledge.com Business, technology, the UK IT channel and the interplay between the three. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on iPad Apps for business by samroutledge http://samroutledge.com/2010/06/03/ipad-apps-for-business/#comment-18 samroutledge Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:20:49 +0000 http://samroutledge.com/?p=57#comment-18 Hi Barry, Thanks for the comment! I now have PocketCloud installed; it is an awesome app and for my money better than the Citrix client (as an app; horses for courses as far as the back-end goes!). In fact Tom (@tomrowan whom I believe you know) and I used it to demo View to a bunch of customers the other week and it went down a storm. Keep meaning to check out Dropbox; must do that! Thanks again for the comment. Sorry I didn't get to meet you at the VMware Partner Exchange! Sam. Hi Barry,
Thanks for the comment! I now have PocketCloud installed; it is an awesome app and for my money better than the Citrix client (as an app; horses for courses as far as the back-end goes!). In fact Tom (@tomrowan whom I believe you know) and I used it to demo View to a bunch of customers the other week and it went down a storm.
Keep meaning to check out Dropbox; must do that!
Thanks again for the comment. Sorry I didn’t get to meet you at the VMware Partner Exchange!
Sam.

]]> Comment on iPad Apps for business by Barry Coombs http://samroutledge.com/2010/06/03/ipad-apps-for-business/#comment-17 Barry Coombs Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:51:47 +0000 http://samroutledge.com/?p=57#comment-17 Hi Sam, you will really like pocket cloud on the iPad, have recently done a blog post on it. In fact I was using pocket cloud and the webex app to do some customer support during the VMWare partner exchange last week! I'm really looking forward to omnifocus for the iPad when it comes, will be great to use for project management! Dropbox has to be one of the best apps for work, allowing me quick and easy access to documents on the go and brilliant for collaboration. Hi Sam, you will really like pocket cloud on the iPad, have recently done a blog post on it. In fact I was using pocket cloud and the webex app to do some customer support during the VMWare partner exchange last week! I’m really looking forward to omnifocus for the iPad when it comes, will be great to use for project management! Dropbox has to be one of the best apps for work, allowing me quick and easy access to documents on the go and brilliant for collaboration.

]]> Comment on Technology@Work Takeaways by Jez Arnold http://samroutledge.com/2010/05/05/technologywork-takeaways/#comment-11 Jez Arnold Thu, 06 May 2010 13:21:18 +0000 http://samroutledge.com/?p=50#comment-11 Nice post Sam! Glad you enjoyed the show.. if you need for your customers to have a detailed briefing on HP Networking then give Simon a shout, and we can get along. Nice post Sam! Glad you enjoyed the show.. if you need for your customers to have a detailed briefing on HP Networking then give Simon a shout, and we can get along.

]]> Comment on Technology@Work Takeaways by Mark http://samroutledge.com/2010/05/05/technologywork-takeaways/#comment-10 Mark Wed, 05 May 2010 23:08:43 +0000 http://samroutledge.com/?p=50#comment-10 You know, I did not notice whilst I was in Frankfurt but you are right. Cisco was a name that was simply never mentioned which for a brand that dominates global IT, is simply unheard of. I am not sure if this was deliberate or not but in any event, I can't say I missed them either. You know, I did not notice whilst I was in Frankfurt but you are right. Cisco was a name that was simply never mentioned which for a brand that dominates global IT, is simply unheard of.

I am not sure if this was deliberate or not but in any event, I can’t say I missed them either.

]]> Comment on Next Generation Desktops? by Technology@Work Takeaways « Sam Routledge's Blog http://samroutledge.com/2009/12/08/next-generation-desktops/#comment-9 Technology@Work Takeaways « Sam Routledge's Blog Wed, 05 May 2010 20:25:15 +0000 http://samroutledge.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-9 [...] was another area, and one which has interested me for some time. The story echoed my post on Next Generation Desktops, but suffice it to say that the computing environment of tomorrow will be a little different. [...] [...] was another area, and one which has interested me for some time. The story echoed my post on Next Generation Desktops, but suffice it to say that the computing environment of tomorrow will be a little different. [...]

]]> Comment on Coming soon: client hypervisors by Doug Lane http://samroutledge.com/2010/02/08/coming-soon-client-hypervisors/#comment-7 Doug Lane Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:41:11 +0000 http://samroutledge.com/?p=28#comment-7 Nice post. I have actually been working on client hypervisor technology for the last 2+ years at a startup called Virtual Computer in the Boston area. We have built a product called NxTop (short for Next Generation Desktop) that has a centralized management console and a bare-metal client hypervisor based on Xen open source technology. Just let me know if you would like a demo or an evaluation license at any point. Nice post. I have actually been working on client hypervisor technology for the last 2+ years at a startup called Virtual Computer in the Boston area. We have built a product called NxTop (short for Next Generation Desktop) that has a centralized management console and a bare-metal client hypervisor based on Xen open source technology. Just let me know if you would like a demo or an evaluation license at any point.

]]> Comment on Next Generation Desktops? by Coming soon: client hypervisors « Sam Routledge's Blog http://samroutledge.com/2009/12/08/next-generation-desktops/#comment-6 Coming soon: client hypervisors « Sam Routledge's Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:16:56 +0000 http://samroutledge.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-6 [...] the next six months, of ‘client hypervisors’. As I mentioned in my earlier post about ‘Next Generation Desktops’, we’re seeing a lot of interest from people looking to change the way they ‘do’ [...] [...] the next six months, of ‘client hypervisors’. As I mentioned in my earlier post about ‘Next Generation Desktops’, we’re seeing a lot of interest from people looking to change the way they ‘do’ [...]

]]> Comment on Next Generation Desktops? by Dan Smith http://samroutledge.com/2009/12/08/next-generation-desktops/#comment-4 Dan Smith Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:23:15 +0000 http://samroutledge.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-4 Or just buy Nasstar Hosted Desktop through Softcat Or just buy Nasstar Hosted Desktop through Softcat

]]> Comment on HP and Cisco battle hots up! by samroutledge http://samroutledge.com/2009/11/12/hp-and-cisco-battle-hots-up/#comment-3 samroutledge Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:50:51 +0000 http://samroutledge.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-3 Thanks for the clarification Steve. I wonder if this will increase speculation around Cisco buying a storage vendor? Thanks for the clarification Steve. I wonder if this will increase speculation around Cisco buying a storage vendor?

]]> Comment on HP and Cisco battle hots up! by Steve Burnley http://samroutledge.com/2009/11/12/hp-and-cisco-battle-hots-up/#comment-2 Steve Burnley Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:30:59 +0000 http://samroutledge.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-2 Brief update to Sam's post: I had missed out a key piece of the puzzle (OK, hands up, I forgot), which is the H3C business which 3Com aquired from Huwai. This does have a core Datacentre/FCoE offering which is pitched squarely at the Nexus 7000 range. On that basis, HP are conceivably closer to a unified end to end Datacentre architecture than Cisco are right now, given their dominance in the server market and existing strengths in Storage. BTW, if anyone's concerned I did pretty well out of my punt on another networking vendor - although not as well as I'd hoped! Brief update to Sam’s post:

I had missed out a key piece of the puzzle (OK, hands up, I forgot), which is the H3C business which 3Com aquired from Huwai. This does have a core Datacentre/FCoE offering which is pitched squarely at the Nexus 7000 range. On that basis, HP are conceivably closer to a unified end to end Datacentre architecture than Cisco are right now, given their dominance in the server market and existing strengths in Storage.

BTW, if anyone’s concerned I did pretty well out of my punt on another networking vendor – although not as well as I’d hoped!

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