Quoting from Billy Marshall blog:
VMware held its industry analyst day this past week in Boston at the Charles Hotel. I was invited to speak on a panel about virtual appliances, and I was pleasantly suprised by how aggressively VMware is embracing the concept of virtual appliances.
Diane Greene and Brian Byun gave a presentation that described virtual appliances as one of three strategic pillars for the company. As part of the panel presentation on virtual appliances, Srinivas Krishnamurti proclaimed that VMware intends to create a marketplace for virtual appliances on VMTN…
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