Red Hat launches hybrid cloud platform
Red Hat has launched a comprehensive package, called Red Hat Cloud Foundations, that will allow organizations to run applications in both public clouds and their own private clouds.
"virtualization" news, interviews, and features
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HP targets hybrid IT environments
HP is kicking off its Software Universe 2010 show by unveiling a raft of new and upgraded products designed to simplify management of virtualized environments and cloud-based services.
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Virtualization savings in the House
The U.S. House of Representatives has cut its electricity bill by about US$2,000 a day, thanks to efforts in virtualization and server consolidation.
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Microsoft weaves management technology into cloud vision
Microsoft's plans for cloud computing don't stop with infrastructure and applications. Company executives say Microsoft will also provide the heterogeneous management layer that customers will need to optimize application performance on-premises or in hosted environments.
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As Windows 7 gains steam, VDI set to rise
The growing maturity of virtual desktop technologies and customer interest in Windows 7 has virtual desktop infrastructure vendors expecting big adoption numbers in 2010. But while most CIOs are at least thinking about desktop virtualization, this year's projects may be limited to pilots and small deployments because of up-front costs and technology challenges that hamper user experience.
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VMware to buy Zimbra to bolster cloud computing push
VMware is poised Tuesday to further redefine its cloud strategy by buying Yahoo's Zimbra open source messaging business in order to expand its stake in the platform-as-a-service market.
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Cisco's new structure key to success, Chambers says
Cisco Systems' whirlwind of activity over the past few months wouldn't have been possible without the company's spread-out management structure, in which about 650 people are involved in cross-functional 'councils' and 'boards' that search out potentially profitable new markets, Chairman and CEO John Chambers told a financial analyst conference on Tuesday.
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Novell vows first identity management for cloud, virtualized apps
Virtualization and cloud computing has taken off, despite strong concerns lingering over how companies can secure and manage those apps and data.
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VMware ships Workstation for virtualizing Windows 7
VMware has added support for Windows 7 and expanded the ability to handle virtual processors in Workstation 7, the new version of its platform for running multiple OSes simultaneously on a PC.
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CA to buy NetQoS for $US200 million
CA has announced plans to acquire NetQoS for $US200 million, adding application-aware network and systems management products to the software maker's broad enterprise IT management portfolio.
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Round-up: VMworld 2009
With this year’s VMworld virtualisation conference drawing to a close,ARN has assembled a collection of news and views that rocked the event.
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VMworld 2009: Virtualization, controversy and eating your own dog food
VMworld, one of the industry's biggest virtualization conferences and VMware's home turf, was hosted this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Here are 15 things seen and heard at the show.
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Half of new servers are virtualized, survey finds
More than half of new servers installed in 2009 will be virtualized, and that number will hit 80% by 2012, signaling huge growth in the hypervisor market, according to a report released at VMworld by TheInfoPro, a research company.
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Red Hat CEO: Choose flexibility or Larry Ellison
Preaching on Red Hat's perceptions of open source, Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst on Wednesday asked the audience at the company's technical conference whether they want flexibility in their IT architectures or if they want what Oracle CEO Larry Ellison supposedly wants.
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Maritz: Virtualization takes IT beyond mainframe performance
As VMworld kicked off Tuesday, VMware CEO Paul Maritz contended that only virtualization can deliver the next transformation of IT, but he kept casting his gaze back to a technology invented in another era -- the mainframe.
