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Tom Howarth is an IT Veteran of over 15 years experience and is the owner of TCA Consultancy Ltd and PlanetVM.Net Ltd, Tom is a moderator of the VMware Communities forum. He is a contributing author on VMware vSphere(TM) and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment, and the forthcoming vSphere a Quick Guide. He regularly does huge virtualization projects for enterprises in the U.K. and elsewhere in EMEA. Tom was Elected vExpert for 2009 in February 2009.

How Will VMware’s Distributed Storage Change their Relationships?

October 15, 2012

By Tom Howarth

At VMworld 2012, VMware presented a Tech Preview of one of their latest ideas, which they termed “Distributed Storage”. So what exactly is this new technology? It is basically locally attached storage.

vCloud Suite: Why is VMware Turning its Back on VM-based Licensing?

October 8, 2012

By Tom Howarth

Why is VMware turning its back on per-VM licensing with the release of the vCloud Suite bundles?

The Consolidation Continues: VMworld 2010

October 1, 2012

By Tom Howarth

Continuing the trip down memory lane with the Class of VMworld 2010

The Consolidation Continues: VMworld 2009

September 26, 2012

By Tom Howarth

Continuing the journey down memory lane with the Class of VMworld 2009.

VMworld, The Consolidation Continues. What has happened to the Class of 2008

September 17, 2012

By Tom Howarth

A trip up memory lane on finding a 2008 VMworld Session guide. A path of consolidation, but what will be the end result for the Buyers

Quest Buys RemoteScan

May 11, 2011

By Tom Howarth

Now I have to admit I have always had a bit of a soft spot for RemoteScan, it is one of those venerable SBC add-ons that always made a Citrix deployment easier especially in the Legal market space. That said, I was under the impression that they had disappeared as their marketing machine had been…