#OpenKVM analyst call - 14 March

Michael Day, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Virtualization Architect, IBM discussed the technical aspects and advantages of KVM; examples included Linux servers, enterprise customers with multiple hypervisors, and clouds.

  1. Taking part in IBM KVM analyst briefing call with Jean Staten Healy. #openkvm
  2. Should be an interesting briefing with Michael Day on Technical Updates to KVM and Open Virtualization today #openkvm
  3. Question on multi-tenancy

  4. #IBM is totally focusing on virtualization. They should also do some multi-tenancy! #openkvm
  5. @StefanRied Hi Stefan - we offer multi-tenancy through our cloud offerings such as IBM SmartCloud Enterprise, built on KVM #openkvm
  6. Also the co-existence with #Openstack would be interesting. Thanks #openkvm
  7. Case study that involves multi-tenancy use with Dutch Cloud
  8. the examples are all enterprise customers. What about service providers selling their cloud to many enterprises? #openkvm
  9. @StefanRied We've also just published a case study on DutchCloud - see ibm.co/xGtzZC - #openkvm
  10. Alternative to VMWare
  11. "We see large enterprise Linux customers deploying VMs onto existing Linux servers rather than purchasing new VMware licenses." #OpenKVM
  12. Growth Markets

  13. IBM focusing on growth markets of China & India (under-virtualized markets) for KVM deployment. #openKVM
  14. "India has a market preference for open-source Linux solutions." #openKVM
  15. Utilization

  16. amazing! #KVM can sustain a 98% #CPU #utilization & still add more guests w/o fail #openKVM
  17. More information

  18. For more updates on #openKVM, please follow @openKVM - that's our official channel! We'd love to continue the conversation...

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