John Gannon

We just launched a very simple website for my new company, VMTurbo.  If you’re interested in VMware, virtualization, or cloud, drop in and register so we can keep you up to date with what we’re doing. We also just grabbed the VMTurbo twitter account, although we’re not using it yet.  Feel free to follow us and eventually I promise we will be tweeting some good virtualization-related nuggets! Also, I’ll be at VMworld next week with our cofounders…hope to see some of you there. ... (more)

Feature request for Linkedin – email-to-connect

Image via CrunchBase I wish LinkedIn would allow me to forward an email to an alias (like Salesforce, Basecamp, Tripit, and various other services that allow records to be added via email) and then automatically send a connection request to the person who was in the From: line from the original email.  Seems like it would be a good thing for LinkedIn as well, because it would remove the ... (more)

3Par Has A Tough Objection To Overcome

3Par, a Fremont, Calif.-based maker of storage arrays for data centers, pre-announced lowered earnings for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2009 yesterday, blaming, among other things, the fact that customers don’t have access to the electricity needed to add 3Par gear to their data centers. via Constrained Power Grids Zap Sales at 3Par. I definitely feel bad for the 3PAR sales guys, t... (more)

One of my operating principles

My favorite portfolio CEO quote of the day – “Pleasant persistence overcomes resistance.” via Joe Medved (joevc) on Twitter. Posted in Uncategorized ... (more)

I especially like the last sentence…

Convenience is hugely attractive in organizations because it is easy to defend and easy to approve. You don’t need to call a meeting to try something new, because the convenient option has already been approved. The problem is that convenient approaches rarely break through or generate extraordinary returns. via Seth’s Blog: Circles of Convenience. Posted in Uncategorized ... (more)