Interop: From Server Virtualization to Private Cloud | Linux Today

Interop: From Server Virtualization to Private Cloud

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Sean Michael Kerner
May 10, 2013

In a panel discussion at Interop this week, vendors and customers discussed some lessons learned along the path of server virtualization.

Panelist Mike Leeper, Director of Global Technology at Columbia Sportswear, went into gory details on how his group went from bare metal to near complete virtualization inside of the last three years.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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