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S AW ER A D R A D E S R WINNER “By innovative, I mean let’s think A N E for the customer— D ID what they might U U LT G need—so we IM RS ATE BUYE think sometimes for the customer, and in that sense we’re customer- driven.” Ratmir Timashev, President & CEO, Veeam Software 6 PHOTO PROVIDED BY VEEAM SOFTWARE DECEMBER 2011/JANUARY 2012 | VIRTUALIZATION REVIEW | VOL. 5, NO. 1 2 Online TOC FEATURES 12 The 2012 Virtualization Review Readers Choice 20 Virtualization Management & Optimization UPFRONT Awards and Ultimate Q&A Buyers Guide 6 Cloud Computing Ratmir Timashev, president & CEO, There’s one thing we never 24 Veeam Software forget here at Virtualization Business Continuity Review: Readers rule, and this 28 Review is your chance to reign supreme 10 Virtualization Automation Atlantis ILIO Enables 10X by rating the virtualization and 29 Performance Hike cloud products that matter. We’ll Storage Virtualization hold up our end of the bargain 29 by providing you with the most 30 Network Virtualization COLUMNS comprehensive guide to all those Hoard: BRUCE HOARD off erings. 4 30 Virtualization Security The Merry Prankster of Storage 14 Application Virtualization 31 Virtualization Training 32 Take 5: BRUCE HOARD 16 Server Virtualization Memorable Analyst 31 Mobile Virtualization Quotes from 2011 16 Desktop Virtualization/ Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 18 Thin/Zero Client Computing IMAGES FROM SHUTTERSTOCK VirtualizationReview.com | Virtualization Review | December 2011/January 2012 | 1 VIRTUALIZATIONREVIEW.COM DECEMBER 2011/JANUARY 2012 ■ VOL. 5 ■ NO. 1 what’s online @virtualizationreview.com EDITORIAL STAFF Vice President, Editorial Director Doug Barney Editor in Chief Bruce Hoard IMAGE FROM SHUTTERSTOCK FROM IMAGE Managing Editor Wendy Gonchar Standards Group Associate Managing Editor Katrina Carrasco Releases Cloud COLUMNISTS David Davis ‘Roadmap’ for Elias Khnaser ART STAFF Government Creative Director Scott Shultz Art Director Brad Zerbel s Rutrell Yasin reported at the beginning of November 2011, PRODUCTION STAFF A Director, Print Production Jenny Hernandez-Asandas “To encourage U.S. government Production Coordinator Teresa Antonio agencies to adopt cloud computing technologies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ONLINE/DIGITAL MEDIA Editor, (NIST) has issued a ‘roadmap’ draft for public comment.” VirtualizationReview.com Michael Domingo Director, Online Media Becky Nagel NIST plans to issue the fi nal “U.S. Government Cloud Computing Site Administrator Shane Lee Roadmap” as a three-volume work, with the fi rst two volumes Designer Rodrigo Muñoz released on Nov. 2, 2011. 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