Symantec to expand cloud-based software – Reuters Symantec’s hosted storage services, which consumers and businesses access over the Web, are among its fastest-growing products. Salem said companies were originally hesitant to use the Internet to transmit sensitive information, but are…
Webcast: What's New in VMware vSphere 4: Storage
…a.k.a: something to do during the Twitter (planned) outage of ’09. If you’ve been curious about vSphere, particularly what the private cloud-building platform means for your storage infrastructure, then the VMware Communities Roundtable has just the audio webcast/podcast for you….
Have the Virtualization Wars Begun?
That technology companies wage marketing wars is nothing new. Microsoft vs. Apple, Intel vs. AMD… the list goes on. The virtualization market hasn’t been affected by the FUD bug, largely because the market is viewed as VMware and everyone else….
Ixia Puts Virtual Server Environments to the Test
Complaints about the lack of visibility into virtual environments are nothing new. It goes without saying that many IT shops will remain reluctant to move more apps onto virtual servers until they have their concerns addressed. You know what that…
Microsoft Also Envisions Cloudy, Virtualized Future
Well, that didn’t take long. VMware made a splash last week by outlining its private cloud vision. Today, Microsoft got in on the act. During the Microsoft Management Summit this week, Microsoft reiterated the role of cloud computing and virtualization…
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, April 23
Go green: Turn off your computer with your iPhone/iPod Touch – CrunchGear Why didn’t any of us think of this? The creator of a VLC controller app for the iPhone has just released a clever little app that turns off…
VMware Pursues Private Clouds with vSphere 4
While there is still a lot of work to be done in getting businesses to change their one-app-per-box ways, VMware is already looking at the horizon and chasing clouds. VMware unveiled vSphere 4, which the company is billing as the…
New HP Left Hand Line Makes SANs Virtual Server Friendly
HP is smoothing out SAN storage management for VMware shops with new Left Hand P4000 SAN hardware, Virtual SAN Appliance Software and the new StorageWorks SB40c Storage Blade. When deployed in conjunction with the new P4000 hardware and PSA software…
HP Fattens Thin Client Portfolio
If the IT departments within most businesses were honest with themselves, they would realize that few of their employees require a full-blown, stand-alone tower or workstation to get their work done. So why incur the energy, management and maintenance costs?…
