Michael Warrilow

Gartner Research Vice President, Infrastructure Software

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Happy new year

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If/when @VMware confirm this wasn't done with ESXi, it'd be interesting to see their benchmark of VM v bare metal container performance
https://t.co/OxsaUmr31L

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2024 Gartner IT Key Metrics are out!

Cloud takes another 1% of IT spend on planet Earth. Doesn't sound huge but it makes cloud equal to all software spend for the first time^

https://t.co/A2OoOM503L (Paywall)

^It's been larger than hardware since 2020.

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All done for another year

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AI will not provide sustainable competitive advantage

#Gartner Symposium 2023

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@YockelsonD kicks off #GartnerTGx Sydney

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@YockelsonD delivers the #GartnerTGx Singapore keynote : Buyers need to create a should business case every time

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#GartnerTGx Singapore keynote kicks off

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Answer this: getting a "Dear analyst" email means:

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Simultaneously IM'ing with colleagues in China and India whilst waiting for a colleague from the UK...
Global baby global

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Wait, what?
AI is going to help people write emails.
I already get enough fucking email.

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@pacdelory ... and it's like trying to re-write the past to get to the future. Didn't work out well for Marty McFly.

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The sudden acceleration of interest in KubeVirt worries me greatly.

In one tweet or less, tell me why it's a good or bad thing.

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@Barnes_Hank Right backatcha ... and only 20 miles from the centre of Sydney

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My post-2019 presenting style is working so far. Be authentic, have a little fun and roll with the punches

...including a clicker that died during the 5 minutes between testing and starting my Preso at #GartnerIO Sydney on Monday

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@pacdelory @Gartner_inc Not bad...but you brought the rain

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I "switched to the new Outlook" for as long as it took to *not* find search folders (which are a godsend in trying to navigate my 2,530 unread emails [as at the time of tweeting this])

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@padraig_byrne onstage at e keynote for #GartnerIO Sydney

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OK, for the record, is a portal the control pane or control plane? And what's the other one for?

Asking for a friend.

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Suggestion for Microsoft Windows:

A "fuck it, just close the app, don't save the file or make press OK" keystroke / button