I was talking with a technology partner about what Tealeaf does and what our value is. He stopped me cold with the observation “Virtualization and Visibility” – that’s what it’s all about.
Webster’s defines Visibility as:
1: the quality or state of being visible
2 a: the degree of clearness (as of the atmosphere or ocean) ; specifically : the greatest distance through the atmosphere toward the horizon at which prominent objects can be identified with the naked eye b: capability of being readily noticed c: capability of affording an unobstructed view d: publicity 2d
3: a measure of the ability of radiant energy to evoke visual sensation
In terms of Tealeaf, Visibility is the power to see your online customer each and every time they visit and interact with your site.
Wikipedia defines virtualization a few ways:
In computing, virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources:
- Resource virtualization, the virtualization of specific system resources, such as storage volumes, name spaces, and network resources
- Application virtualization, the hosting of individual applications on alien hardware/software
- Desktop virtualization, the remote manipulation of a computer desktop
While we’re not part of the first “V” – we are the leader in providing visibility for web applications.
Going against the grain here, I think that there’s another “V’ coming for us as well. Being the nerd that I am, I tend to email my wife instead of walking across the house to talk with her. In our family of 5, we have more computers than people. Normally, our household computers are 2-3 year old technology built out of scavenged parts. For the first time in a long while, I bought a computer – in a box, at retail. HP slimline, Dual-Core 2.7 GHZ AMD with 4GB of RAM and 500GB SATA drive for $400. At this price, it’s too cheap to pilfer/scavenge/recycle. It came with Windows Vista 64. Admittedly, the first service pack was close to 400MB in size – but so far, I am impressed. It may be the hardware, it may be the ram, but I am liking what I am seeing with Vista-64.
So, time for V**3 – Virtualization, Visibility and Vista.
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