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VMworld Roundup: F5, Fusion-io, Radware, Virtensys
August 30th, 2011 : John Rath
F5 and VMware combine on data center migrations, Fusion-io unveils ioCache virtualization from ioTurbine deal, Radware and VMware announce joint plug-in solution, Virtensys expands SSD tools to improve i/o bottlenecks. Read More
VMware’s Vision: Connected Global Clouds
August 30th, 2011 : John Rath
At VMworld 2011, VMware (VMW) announced several new vCloud offerings to help enterprises find, connect and manage cloud services from the large network of service providers. Read More
VMware Launches Micro Cloud Foundry and vSphere 5
August 26th, 2011 : John Rath
On Tuesday Vmware announced the beta availability of Micro Cloud Foundry, calling it the industry's first open Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution. Cloud Foundry delivers access to frameworks and a rich ecosystem of application services from VMware, third parties and the open source community. Read More
Roundup: AMD, Citrix, Digital Realty
August 26th, 2011 : John Rath
AMD names Rory Read as CEO, Citrix (CTXS) releases XenDesktop 5.5, Digital Realty adopts SOC2 reporting standards. Read More
Roundup: Oracle, Vyatta, PEER 1
August 24th, 2011 : John Rath
Oracle unveils VM 3.0 server virtualization solution, Vyatta releases Network OS 6.3 with packages for Amazon Web Services and Red Hat KVM, PEER 1 completes certifications. Read More
Roundup: Sprint, Citrix, EMC
August 12th, 2011 : John Rath
Sprint Nextel (S) to launch cloud services, Citrix (CTXS) closes acquisition of desktop virtualization company RingCube, EMC expands VMAX virtual data center. Read More
The How To of Virtualization Backup
July 19th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
The Inherent issue with the data center professional for the small to medium business (SMB) is the “many hats” syndrome. The SMB rarely has a specialized IT team and this leads to challenges in dealing with highly technical issues such as virtualized backup and recovery. Read More
Cloud News: Platform, Fujitsu, SOASTA, Skytap, Citrix
June 10th, 2011 : John Rath
Platform Computing and Fujitsu partner on HPC solutions, SOASTA's CloudTest to be resold by IBM, Skytap leverages HP's ALM suite, Citrix helps deliver 100,000 "personal clouds" for Indiana University. Read More
Roundup: MapR, Dell, EMC
May 27th, 2011 : John Rath
MapR licenses EMC Greenplum enterprise Hadoop, Dell expands virtualization portfolio with Virtual Lab 2.0 and thin client offerings, new EMC solutions for Citrix Desktop. Read More