Former Microsoft Exec Tod Nielson Joins VMware

When you build a business or a group, you tend to reach out to people you trust/respect and try to hire them.
In this case, VMware CEO Paul Maritz is reaching out to a person that has run a publically traded company in the past (Borland).  Tod Nielson will be brought on the the Chief Operating [...]

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Microsoft Promotes Bob Muglia to President

Just in case you didn’t see this interesting take on the Muglia promotion from Steve Gillmor, writing for TechCrunchIT.
Muglia now commands a Microsoft unit with some 22% of the company’s $60 billion in revenue…
Steve Ballmer’s decision to solidify Muglia’s status after moving Muglia from a report headcount of 3,000 to 1 in 2001 also provides [...]

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Updates to VMware ESX and Microsoft’s SVVP Program

SVVP stands for Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP). The program was put together to allow third-party hypervisors to host and virtualize Microsoft licensed products. It also means that any customer will be supported by Microsoft when running software such as Exchange, SQL, or SharePoint products on a validated hypervisor.
News just in from Mike D at [...]

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