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Mitel, VMware offer desktop contact center solution

Posted February 13, 2012 - 4:59 pm

Contact centers that want to take advantage of virtual desktop technology have another option from a unified communications company.
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Nimbula adds support for VMware hypervisor

Posted February 13, 2012 - 11:04 am

Nimbula is hoping to better serve enterprises with version 2.0 of its operating system, which adds compatibility with VMware's hypervisor and other new features. "
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VMware makes it easier to wholesale clouds

Posted February 7, 2012 - 9:01 pm

VMware has introduced a new software platform that makes it easier for service providers to wholesale their cloud-services infrastructure to other providers.
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Bad news about cloud computing: it doesn't exist; Good news: New tech makes it easier

Posted January 31, 2012 - 4:54 pm

Would you rather buy expensive technology that gets a lot of buzz or one that gets less buzz but is the technology that makes the sexier approach possible?
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Amazon Web Services moves backups to cloud with new appliance

Posted January 25, 2012 - 8:16 am

Amazon Web Services has launched a public beta test of AWS Storage Gateway, which allows enterprises to back up application data in Amazon's cloud using a software appliance, the company said on Tuesday.
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EMC lays out product roadmap, warns of disk shortages

Posted January 24, 2012 - 9:27 pm

During his company's year-end earnings call, EMC CEO Joe Tucci warned that hard disk drive supplies will be an issue through 2012 and said all major products will see refreshes this year.
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VDI shoot-out: VMware View 5

Posted January 5, 2012 - 11:37 am

VMware View taps the world's best virtualization platform and PCoIP improvements for highly scalable desktop virtualization
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10 most powerful cloud companies

Posted December 8, 2011 - 2:15 pm

Virtually every vendor has a cloud story to tell. But here are 10 companies that have distinguished themselves as the leaders in cloud computing.
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VMware backtracks on OS X Client virtualization

Posted November 22, 2011 - 1:07 pm

On Friday, we reported that VMware Fusion 4.1 can run virtual versions of Leopard and Snow Leopard, a feature previously barred by Apple’s end-user license agreement. On Monday, the other shoe dropped: VMware posted a blog entry that seems to back away from that feature.
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VMware out, Twitter in at Java oversight committee

Posted November 2, 2011 - 10:31 am

VMware is no longer a member of the Java Community Process SE/EE Executive Committee, but Twitter has joined, according to election results finalized this week.
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Virtualization wars: VMware vs. Hyper-V vs. XenServer vs. KVM

Posted November 2, 2011 - 5:33 am

Ten years ago the argument over virtualization would have been a short one because VMware was the only game in town, but that early dominance is now being significantly challenged by Microsoft, Citrix and Red Hat (KVM).
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Microsoft claims Hyper-V will leapfrog VMware

Posted October 27, 2011 - 12:40 pm

After years of playing catch-up to VMware the upcoming version of Hyper-V is wowing the Microsoft faithful with unique new features -- and gaining the attention of VMware users, too, one consultant says.
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EMC, VCE announce tighter Vblock integration

Posted October 17, 2011 - 12:40 pm

EMC and the Virtual Computing Environment alliance Monday announced upgrades that more tightly integrate its management interface with VMware's vCloud director and vCenter Server tools.
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vSphere Storage Appliance: The fruit of a conflict of interest

Posted October 11, 2011 - 3:19 pm

The new vSphere Storage Appliance has serious limits. Is the EMC relationship keeping VMware from realizing its full potential?
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Desktop virtualization smackdown: Parallels vs. VMware vs. VirtualBox

Posted October 11, 2011 - 2:43 pm

If you're looking to virtualize guest OSes on your desktop, there's a three-way battle for your affections. Find out what the contenders have to offer -- and where each falls short.
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VXLAN is a missed opportunity

Posted October 5, 2011 - 4:24 pm

VMware misses a great chance to push the networking world toward next-gen standards and delivers a narrow-minded work-around instead.
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VMware launches Lion ready Fusion

Posted September 15, 2011 - 9:17 am

VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, has launched VMware Fusion 4, which provides an easy way for users to run Windows applications with Mac.
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Best feature in Windows 8: Potential to take 'PC,' ditch the OS

Posted September 14, 2011 - 3:01 pm

With virtualization, cloud and portability, Microsoft may be building its first actual operating environment focused on the end user, despite years of claiming that's what Windows was.
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VMWorld 2011: The business case for cloud computing

Posted August 30, 2011 - 5:23 pm

Consona’s Milt Volosyn is used to mergers and acquisitions. As CIO for the software and services company, he is responsible for managing about 14 different software products for business-critical tasks such as ERP, financing and marketing services and support.
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Avoid downtime with Storage vMotion

Posted August 30, 2011 - 3:52 pm

Storage vMotion is often derided as an unnecessary feature you'll never need -- don't believe that for a second
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In VMworld keynote, Maritz describes a VMware driving full speed in every direction

Posted August 30, 2011 - 2:39 pm

At the VMworld conference, VMware CEO Paul Maritz described efforts to lead virtualization in half a dozen markets at once, only one of which it unquestionably owns now.
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VMware CEO: Cloud to end computer desktop era

Posted August 29, 2011 - 9:18 pm

VMware CEO Paul Maritz urged customers to think beyond the desktop computer. It is a dead metaphor, he insisted, one ill-suited for today's workforce.
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VMware launches cloud-packaged Postgres

Posted August 29, 2011 - 7:00 am

Augmenting its line of software to support cloud deployments, VMware has created a package for running the Postgres database in a virtualized environment, the company announced Monday.
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Start-up releases all-in-one VMware server, storage appliance

Posted August 16, 2011 - 5:09 am

Start-up Nutanix released its flagship product, a VMware-based server combined with SSD and hard drive storage, today to deliver a clustered system that grows over time.
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The dumbest thing VMware has done recently could help customers move to cloud

Posted August 9, 2011 - 11:14 am

VMware's concessions on vSphere 5 prices aren't perfect, but keep incentives that give customers a better grasp of cloud by making them pay according to rules of the fog, not the VM.
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