BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts Examine HP-Oracle Exadata, Extreme BI, Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 30, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts. In this episode, recorded Sept. 26, 2008, our experts examine the HP-Oracle announcements at Oracle OpenWorld, cloud computing and "on-premises" clouds, and recent virtualization news from VMware, HP, Red Hat and Citrix. Please join noted IT industry analysts and experts Joe McKendrick, an independent analyst and ZDNet blogger; Brad Shimmin, principal analyst of Current Analysis; Jim Kobielus, senior analyst at Forrester Research, and Dave Linthicum, independent SOA consultant. Our discussion is hosted and moderated by Dana Gardner. Read a transcript of the podcast: http://briefingsdirect.blogspot.com/2008/10/briefingsdirect-insights-analysts.html. Sponsors: Active Endpoints, Hewlett-Packard.