I was at Starbucks with my four year old. She was laying down the Dr. Seuss
with aplomb so I was inspired to dig deep and show her how the old man can
ebb and flow.
I swear to $diety that upon hearing this she rolled her eyes and said something like "Dad, you had me at 'virtualization.' " At that point she quickly pointed to my iPhone and asked if I would purchase the latest Hannah Montana song on iTunes...<sigh>
You can see more of my poetic ramblings here (scroll down after the jump.)
When debating the future of secure virtualization
It's wise to reflect on its very creation
Some say poor code is the reason it's here
while others use doubt and (un)certainty's fearEconomically speaking the V-word's a boon
operationally, though, it showed up too soonDuties, once separate, are now all a-blended
one moat, lots of castles -- the model's up-endedCompetency and skillsets come into play
Who owns the stack? Well, that's hard to say
Can an admin whose mad skillz focus on the OS,
really be trusted to manage this mess?
The virtual sysadmin owns the keys to the kingdom
but it's hard to fix hosts when you can't even ping 'dem!Operational silos have now become worse
since the virtual admins control all the purseThe network and security wonks try to fudge it
but switches and firewalls just don't get budgetSecurity, network, storage, and host
if you push the wrong button it all becomes toast
Our current security solutions don't cope
but the dealers keep pushing their VirtSec straight dope
I don't want to come off like a VirtSec despiser,
but to protect our crown jewels it's all HYPErvisorDon't worry my friends, no need to be scared
your whole infrastructure will be VMware'd...or Xen'd, or sPath'd or perhaps Hyper-V'd
virtualization, I'm told, will solve everyone's need
Organizational issues are really what matter
there's no real need to make our vendors much fatter
Focus first on improving your present situation
like assessing your risk and host segmentation
Get a grip on the basics and work up from there
don't give into the hype, doubt, confusion or fear
That's it boys and girls till I rhyme once again
Stay happy, stay secure, and now...
EOM