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VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova

VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, the company said Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 May, 2012 11:06

Tags: desktop virtualization, Virtualization, system management, software, mergers and acquisitions, business issues, Wanova, VMware

Download the Cloud Applications Deep Dive report

Thanks to the success of Amazon EC2, Salesforce, and other public cloud services, most enterprises understand the value of cloud computing, and an increasing number of enterprises are exploring the idea of getting into the cloud computing business. Why not? Launching a public cloud service may establish a new revenue stream -- or self-service convenience for customers -- with minimal additions to existing infrastructure.

By InfoWorld staff | 16 May, 2012 05:16

Tags: software, managed services, internet, freemium, cloud computing, applications

New engine to power Xangati's performance monitoring product

The latest version of Cupertino-based Xangati's virtual dashboard product will boast a new performance management engine and the ability to work with eight instances of VMware vCenter, instead of just one.

By Jon Gold | 15 May, 2012 23:42

Tags: Xangati, VMware, VM, Virtualization, monitoring, internet, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud computing

Citrix boosts VDI offering with products, acquisition and details at cloud-based future

Citrix Systems is upgrading XenDesktop, acquiring Virtual Computer, introducing a new type of hardware-assisted thin client and initiating a cloud project in an effort to make its virtual desktop infrastructure offering more attractive.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 11 May, 2012 00:35

Tags: Virtualization, desktop virtualization, Citrix Systems, application virtualization

Cloud providers touting multi-hypervisor support

When Tata Communications, the Indian telecommunications company, rolls out its infrastructure as a service cloud offering in America in the coming months, company officials want to claim differentiating features in the products. And one they're hoping to include is support for multiple hypervisors.

By Brandon Butler | 10 May, 2012 05:42

Tags: Zynga, VMware, Virtualization, terremark, Tata Communications, public cloud, internet, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud hypervisor, cloud computing

Arista teams with VMware, Big Switch, Nebula for SDNs

Data center switch vendor Arista Networks next week will demonstrate how to build a software-defined cloud network using its switches, and controllers from partners VMware, Big Switch and Nebula.

By Jim Duffy | 03 May, 2012 05:32

Tags: arista, Arista Networks, Cisco, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, Interop, Interop 2012, OpenFlow, OpenStack, SDNs, VMware

Salesforce.com acquires collaboration tool company Stypi

Salesforce.com said Tuesday it had acquired real-time online collaboration platform company Stypi.

By John Ribeiro | 02 May, 2012 15:11

Tags: business issues, cloud computing, internet, mergers and acquisitions, salesforce.com, Stypi

Evernote to offer its idea- and note-capture tool for businesses, CEO says

Evernote will launch a business program in the coming months, allowing administrators to better control security and data, company CEO Phil Libin said on Friday.

By Loek Essers | 28 April, 2012 00:39

Tags: applications, cloud computing, document management, Evernote, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Phil Libin, Photo / video, software

SMB Adoption Of Virtualization to Outpace Enterprises: Survey

According to a recent survey conducted by disaster recovery and data protection solutions provider Acronis, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) around the world are planning to adopt server virtualization in 2012 at a faster pace than large enterprises. However, the survey also identified widespread backup and disaster recovery shortcomings for virtual servers amongst SMBs. Meanwhile, previous enthusiasm for cloud infrastructure has, at least so far, failed to turn into reality.

By Computerworld India staff | 26 April, 2012 23:50

Tags: Virtualization

Large enterprises handing off data center builds

Demand for data center space is on the rise. IT pros responsible for facility planning are juggling physical requirements for secure, power-abundant space with operational considerations, including the need to improve disaster recovery, deploy new applications and services, and handle increasingly large data volumes.

By Ann Bednarz | 23 April, 2012 20:29

Tags: applications, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Digital Realty, Digital Realty Trust, disaster recovery, equinix, hardware systems, internet, software

Fujitsu launches big data software suite, targets US$1 billion in yearly sales

Fujitsu said Monday it will release a set of software suite tools aimed at processing and analyzing huge sets of diverse information known as big data.

By Jay Alabaster | 23 April, 2012 18:27

Tags: cloud computing, Fujitsu, internet, software

New platform helps port COBOL apps to Amazon, Rackspace and other clouds

A new development platform announced Thursday by startup Heirloom Computing will allow companies to move legacy applications written in the venerable, but still-viable, COBOL language, which often run on mainframes, to a variety of cloud computing services.

By Chris Kanaracus | 13 April, 2012 04:39

Tags: Amazon Web Services, application development, applications, cloud computing, Heirloom Computing, internet, Internet-based applications and services, rackspace, search engines, software

Cisco, NetApp tout entry-level FlexPod cloud architecture

Cisco and NetApp today announced plans to sell a new FlexPod cloud architecture, this time as an entry-level model designed and priced for smaller workloads.

By Lucas Mearian | 11 April, 2012 05:12

Tags: cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, netapp, storage, VMware

Reducing VDI cost by exploring alternatives to centralized VM storage

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

By Amir Husain, president and CEO, VDIworks | 10 April, 2012 06:46

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, desktop virtualization cost, hardware systems, network storage, VDI, VDI cost, virtual desktops, Virtualization

OpenStack development finds big growing pains

It's been an interesting past few weeks for OpenStack.

By Brandon Butler | 06 April, 2012 08:32

Tags: amazon, Amazon Web Services, Apache Software Foundation, Citrix, cloud computing, eucalyptus, Gartner, internet, NASA, open cloud, OpenStack, rackspace, software

Box unveils cloud service for workplace mobile apps

Box, a provider of cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software, will announce on Wednesday a new service designed to consolidate in a single repository companies' mobile applications and the data they generate.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 29 March, 2012 00:08

Tags: applications, Box.net, cloud computing, collaboration, internet, software, Software as a service

The future of the PC

For the first time since computers became a normal part of office life, end users won't be able to predict what their "PC" will look like in 10 years. That's partially due to the expansion of IT-as-a-service technologies that are making it possible to give users secure, reliable access to data and applications no matter where they are or what device they're using.

By Kevin Fogarty | 28 March, 2012 21:05

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Emerging Technologies, hardware systems, Virtualization

VMware eases cloud provisioning

VMware has made its vCloud Integration Manager available, which it says lets service providers more efficiently provision cloud networks for clients.

By Brandon Butler | 17 March, 2012 05:41

Tags: cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, The Cloud, vCloud Integration Manager, Virtualization, VMware

BroadVision revamps Clearvale enterprise social networking software

BroadVision's Clearvale enterprise social networking software will now lets companies create networks on an ad hoc manner in which a mix of employees, partners and customers can participate.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 March, 2012 03:00

Tags: applications, BroadVision, cloud computing, collaboration, internet, software, Software as a service

Infor releases first in string of tie-in applications for Salesforce.com

Infor on Monday launched Inforce Everywhere, the first in a series of planned software products that will tie its ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications to Salesforce.com.

By Chris Kanaracus | 12 March, 2012 23:37

Tags: applications, cloud computing, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, Infor, internet, Internet-based applications and services, mobile, salesforce.com, software

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