Theresa Lanowitz, Thought Provoker and Virtual Global Citizen, is at VMworld:
Software Innovator with a Social Conscience
VMWare is the new cool! The company is so cool they are not only creating industry changing technology, they are also helping in the global movement to conserve energy! …
VMWare is making software that will change the way we use technology.
VMWare’s philosophy is to take control of the resources and use what
you need, when you need it, and where you need it. VMWare CEO, Diane
Greene emphasized the need to change the way the operating system is
viewed. She advocated the licensing of software to resources, thus
making it more virtual. An example of virtualization for those of us on
the pre-deployment side is that of VMWare’s Lab Manager.
Lab Manager allows testers to virtually create an environment as close
to production as possible and marshal complex software configurations
across the lifecycle. This means the days of building and maintaining
expensive test labs are gone. The tester can send the developer a URL
to pinpoint a problem. The developer can then instantiate an instance
of the tester’s environment and work on either solving or deferring the
defect.With their virtual appliances, virtual infrastructure,
virtual desktops, and virtual software lifecycle management VMWare is
pushing the industry beyond its comfort zone. VMWare is advocating
standards established and controlled by third parties and are truly
breaking down geographic barriers. And, this technology is just getting
started.
