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John Humphreys
Program Director

Team: 2007 IDC Predictions Team
Servers
Virtualization
John Humphreys is a Program Director with IDC's Enterprise Platform Group where he heads up the Enterprise Virtualization Software program covering the range of virtualization products deployed in both data center and client environments. The program also examines the role of manageability in the emerging virtual environment. Additional areas of focus include the adoption of blade servers, the modularization of the data center along with the automation and virtualization of the data center environment, and the emergence of grid computing in the enterprise.

Prior to joining IDC, John worked in the energy industry where he combined his geological and geophysical background along with an interest in unconventional exploration opportunities to develop risk profiles, technical and financial models for a wide range of projects, including a division portfolio analysis, strategic analysis related to company positioning, and complex reservoir development programs. His interest technology and in examining emerging market opportunities is what led John to IDC in 1999.

Mr. Humphreys received a B.A and M.S. from Miami University and University of Wyoming respectively.

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Location , Location, Location: How Low Can the Hypervisor Go?
John Humphreys
May 2007 - Doc # lcUS20677207      IDC Link
As has been stated previously, the server virtualization market is divided into two camps: those that believe virtualization should be part of the operating system (Microsoft, Novell, and Red Hat) and those that believe the hyperviso ...
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Virtual Appliances Done Right
John Humphreys
Mar 2007 - Doc # lcUS20616107      IDC Link
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SWsoft: Making Operating System Virtualization an Option
John Humphreys
Oct 2007 - Doc # 209096      Vendor Profile
This IDC Vendor Profile examines SWsoft's core products, including the Virtuozzo product, an operating system virtualization platform for both Windows and Linux. It discusses the benefits of OS virtualization, especially in ter ...
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IBM STG Group Focuses on IT Infrastructure Optimization, End-to-End Workloads, and Long-Term Information Management
Jean S. Bozman, Al Gillen, Frank Gens, Vernon Turner, John Humphreys, Jed Scaramella, Stephen L. Josselyn, Richard L. Villars, Brad Nisbet, Tim Grieser, Laura DuBois, Nathaniel Martinez
Oct 2007 - Doc # 209085      Event Flash
This IDC Flash describes IBM's focus on IT optimization (ITO), as described at the company's Systems and Technology Group (STG) fall analyst meeting, held October 2–4, 2007, in Stamford, Connecticut. The event described STG's I ...
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Appearances

IDC Virtualization 2.0 Forum
San Francisco, CA United States
June 19, 2007

Virtualization Across the Enterprise
United States
April 05, 2007

Virtualization 2.0: The Next Phase in Customer Adoption
San Mateo, CA United States
February 20, 2007

IDC Virtualization Forum 2.0
New York, NY United States
February 06, 2007

Virtualization 2.0: The Next Phase in Customer Adoption
United States
November 29, 2006