And the winner is . . .hardware-based encryption

Yup, at least for laptop PCs.  See my C/Net blog for more. 

VMware is everywhere

How do you know when your high tech product is a killer success?  When users want to use it, technology vendors want to integrate with it, and service companies want to provide services around it. 

Few companies achieve this status but this is exactly what's happening with VMware.  Read my C/Net blog for more details. 

Log data explosion!

ESG has just released new research that gives the details but check out my C/Net blog as well.  Log management is turning into a major headache for enterprises and a huge opportunity for vendors. 

SPAM -- A Lot

Did you know that there is roughly twice the amount of SPAM as there was last year?  CIOs should understand what this means in terms of network traffic management and security.  See my latest C/Net blog for some of the ramifications. 

$350 million for SafeBoot?

Yup, that is what McAfee paid -- way too much if you ask me.  I agree that full disk encryption functionality makes sense for McAfee but it needed the technology and not a high-priced market leader.

See my latest C/Net blog for more. 

What's Old Is New Again: Mainframe Virtualization

Everyone's talking about server virtualization but the technology is actually 30 years old.  So does VMWare get the IBM's Poughkeepsie folks all hot and bothered?  Nah.  Actually VMWare will end up by being a great marketing tool for Series z.  See my latest C/Net blog for more.