| Virtualization: Hot technology for 2008
VMware's final numbers for 2007 aren't out yet, but the company is on pace to hit US$1.5 billion. In August, EMC engineered an IPO for 10% of VMware. It turned out to be the most successful high-tech IPO since Google, with EMC raising nearly US$1 billion when 33 million shares were snapped up at an opening price of US$29. The stock continued to soar, exceeding US$50 a share on opening day, and soon thereafter cresting at more than US$125 a share. Today, VMware is selling at close to about US$80 a share, which gives the company a market capitalization of around US$30 billion. That's hot. And the virtualization market is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, IDC is predicting that worldwide spending on virtualization software and services is expected to jump from US$6.5 billion in 2006 to more than US$15 billion in 2011.
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Determined attitude
A yoga instructor teaches that calmness can come when thoughts are recited and gratitude is expressed. By KELLIE DIXON, Times Staff Writer Published January 15, 2008 Say what? Sankalpa. It's a Sanskrit word that means resolution, free will or determination, according to Sankalpa.org.in. Reisen said the practice, which is a way to reprogram oneself from the self-conscious, can empower a person to change his or her life. How it works: The sankalpa is a phrase or collection of phrases that are recited after a person meditates. Reisen said meditation and reciting her sankalpa is the first thing she does in the morning - even before that first cup of coffee. She'll wake up and then lie on her bed, often listening to a CD created by her instructor.
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