Lionel Lim, president, Asia-Pacific, Sun Microsystems
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Q: What technology innovation or product are you looking forward to this year?
Cloud computing is very exciting right now. It is an area of opportunity for most of the technology sector. The ability to access remote resources and infrastructure which are scalable, flexible and customizable for both businesses and consumers. This levels the playing field for start-ups and small businesses to access high performance computers without the need to invest heavily in computing hardware.
Open source in storage will also be an interesting development for 2009. We see it as a disruptive technology because of the industry standard hardware components, flash memory or solid state devices (SSDs) and open source operating system.
What is the biggest myth about virtualization and why?
Myth: Virtualization is a new technology. Fact: Despite the recent buzz, virtualization is by no means new. Mainframe computers have offered the ability to host multiple operating systems for years.
Myth: Virtualization is only applicable to servers. Fact: Virtualization has quickly become an important technology across all aspects of the IT environment. It is rapidly being deployed in server, storage, networking, as well as client environments. Users can even try virtualization on their desktop computers for free with new open source virtualization software for personal computers.
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