VMWare acquires Akimbi
Last week, VMware announced their acquisition of Akimbi and their Slingshot product:
VMware adds Virtual Lab Automation, Configuration Management and Self-service Provisioning to its Portfolio
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 16, 2006 -- VMware, the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, today announced the addition of virtual lab automation, configuration management and self-service provisioning to its software lifecycle management solutions that span development, quality assurance, pre-production and production environments.
If you remember my last post about Virtual Infrastructure 3, you can see that this acquisition would complement nicely Virtual Infrastructure as there was some gaps in the provisioning area.
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Guy Kawasaki on Innovation
In a posting to AlwaysOn, Guy Kawasaki from Garage Technology Ventures talk about innovation, and startups. In part 3 Guy advise the reader about being willing to "kill your cash cow" :
The second thing you need to do to get to that next curve is be willing, able, and indeed eager to kill your cash cow. This is one of the most difficult things we had to do at Apple in trying to figure how to deal with both Apple II and the Macintosh. Apple II was making all the money; it was a cash cow with beautiful, large, milk-gorged udders. And we were milking that cow. Yet we knew that if Macintosh were to succeed, it would kill Apple II. And eventually it did kill Apple II.
This is really true, and maybe a reason why established companies seem to have difficulties to innovate. The cash cows are too powerful, and often, engineers tend to identify themselves with a product and are very reluctant to jump on the next curve. There is a lot of convincing to be done, and buy in from every level of the hierarchy.
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Garmin Mobile 20
Garmin announced last March that they will release a new mobile phone based GPS, the Garmin Mobile 20.
The web page about this product is here Garmin Mobile 20:
Garmin Mobile 20 supports Nokia, Windows Mobile and Treo smartphones, and its integrated phone mount, the GPS 20SM, with a built-in, highly sensitive GPS receiver and Bluetooth-enabled speaker and microphone, accommodates nearly any size. Wherever you're going, Garmin Mobile 20 with included mapping software provides wireless mapping and navigation to deliver you directly to the front door. And for on-the-go convenience, the wireless interface, powerful speaker and noise-canceling dual microphones let you drive and talk hands-free without using a headset.
There is no price published yet, but it seems that this unit is comparable, feature wise, with the nuvi units.
Product will be available in July 06. Time for a new gadget ?
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