Virtually Real and Really Virtual
Last week, IBM announced a new technology solution called the virtualization engine. VE, as it will undoubtedly get called, turns a real datacenter into a virtual datacenter. This is a really big deal. CEO’s, CIO’s, and CFO’s will surely like VE because virtual datacenters require fewer people, offer more reliability, and are much less costly […]
Japan 2004 – Day 5 (Traveling back home)
The Japan Airlines Flight #006 departed Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan exactly on time and landed in New York at John F Kennedy airport exactly on time. Upon taking off, the Boeing 747-400 headed north east, crossed the International Date Line, and a huge arc toward the top of the world and then south […]
Japan 2004 – Day 4 (A day with the IRU)
The International Road Transport Union is quite a remarkable organization. Based in Geneva, the IRU represents the entire road transport industry world-wide. It speaks for the operators of coaches, taxis and trucks, from large transport fleets to driver-owners. By pushing for standards and working with various inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, the IRU is able to […]
Japan 2004 – Day 3 (Visiting IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory)
IBM Research is an amazing organization and visiting it’s labs over the years was always a great experience. IBM’s elite research organization includes roughly 3,000 of the world’s brightest at eight labs in Almaden, Austin, China, Israel, India, Tokyo, Yorktown Heights (NY), and Zurich. Research is conducted in all areas of information technology, from physics […]
Japan 2004 – Day 3 (Traveling to Yamato by car)
After visiting the two conferences and then calling home with Net2Phone VoIP (voice over the Internet) from my ThinkPad, I met Megumi Okamoto (Director for the World Expo Unit of IDG Japan, Inc.), who graciously offered to drive me to Yamato for my visit at the IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory. Meg has a very nice […]
