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VMware: Virtualize the rest of the data center

Posted May 10, 2012 - 3:37 pm

The server has been virtualized, now it's time for the rest of the data center - including the network - to catch up. That's the message form VMware at this year's Interop, as the company seeks to ensure it remains a major enterprise IT player while the software-defined networking trend continues to gain momentum.
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VMware ups its collaboration offering with Lithium integration

Posted May 4, 2012 - 7:53 am

VMware Thursday announced that its SocialCast sharing tool will now work with Lithium Technologies tools to capture and integrate external customer data.
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Arista teams with VMware, Big Switch, Nebula for SDNs

Posted May 3, 2012 - 7:33 am

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.
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VMware takes on Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive

Posted May 2, 2012 - 12:48 pm

VMware is offering a private-cloud based platform for document sharing and device syncing that could rival Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive by giving companies more control over their data.
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VMware, Piston Cloud pledge to develop open source PaaS offering

Posted May 1, 2012 - 7:57 am

In a pairing of unlikely partners, Piston Cloud Computing announced it will work to support integration of VMware's open source platform-as-a-service offering Cloud Foundry with OpenStack, the open source infrastructure-as-a-service model.
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VMware downplays leaks of source code

Posted April 25, 2012 - 8:52 pm

Virtualization software vendor VMware today downplayed the seriousness of a source code leak involving the companys ESX hypervisor technology.
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EMC sees ninth quarter of double-digit growth in Q1

Posted April 20, 2012 - 7:45 am

EMC today reported another quarter of double-digit revenue in Q1, with revenues hitting $5.1 billion. VMware was, once again, a leader in product sales with 25% year-over-year revenue growth.
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VMware official fires back at open source cloud vendors

Posted April 14, 2012 - 7:31 am

After all the talk of open source clouds news from the past few weeks, VMware officials have finally responded.
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VMware marks PaaS birthday with open-source management tool

Posted April 14, 2012 - 7:07 am

A new release management and deployment framework known as BOSH was released Wednesday by VMware, one year after the roll-out of its Platform-as-a-Service Cloud Foundry. In an official blog post marking the event, the Cloud Foundry team said that BOSH should make it easier for end-users of the platform to manage production instances of their apps.
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Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative

Posted April 3, 2012 - 2:11 pm

As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximize the business benefits of cloud computing, virtualization, unified networking and big data, according to Cisco and EMC, which have teamed to offer training targeted at tech's hottest data center disciplines.
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VMware eases cloud provisioning

Posted March 19, 2012 - 8:31 am

VMware has made its vCloud Integration Manager available, which it says lets service providers more efficiently provision cloud networks for clients.
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Mitel, VMware offer desktop contact center solution

Posted February 13, 2012 - 5:59 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 - 12:04 pm

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 - 10:01 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 - 5:54 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 - 9:16 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 - 10:27 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 - 12:37 pm

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 - 3:15 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 - 2:07 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 - 11:31 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 - 6:33 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 - 1:40 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 - 1:40 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 - 4:19 pm

The new vSphere Storage Appliance has serious limits. Is the EMC relationship keeping VMware from realizing its full potential?
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