Virtualization
There's a real battle in the virtualization market as VMware positions itself as cloud computing's operating system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is gaining traction and players like Citrix and Red Hat are also a threat. Virtualization's main selling point - the ability to use more computing capacity and save on servers - resonates for obvious reasons.
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Amazon Web Services SVP defends why public clouds trump private models
Amazon's Andy Jassy argues that when you "carefully look at the benefits of moving to the cloud, you realize the private cloud has none of them."
New Wipro VDI faces perception challenges
Wipro released a cloud product to manage and distribute virtual desktops, but the company may first need to break out of its IT services stereotype in order for it to succeed.
VMware's Q1 solid, avoids enterprise software malaise
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said that the company's performance was solid "particularly in light of recent results from many of our industry peers."
Service Virtualization brings speed benefit and lower costs to TTNET applications testing
TTNET, the largest internet service provider in Turkey, with 6 million subscribers, significantly improved applications deployment while cutting costs and time to delivery.
VPS host Linode issues customer-wide password reset
After discovering and blocking an attack on one of its customers' accounts, Linode has issued a password reset to all of its customers.
Xen becomes a Linux Foundation project
Xen, Citrix's popular open-source hypervisor, is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project with the backing of such major technology powers such as Amazon Web Services, Google, and Intel.
Happy 5th birthday, Proxmox
Hold up five fingers, Proxmox, and blow out your candles; today, you're five years old. Proxmox virtualization solution based on OpenVZ is one of the best virtualization platforms available.
Microsoft makes available 2013 release of Desktop Optimization Pack
Microsoft has made its MDOP 2013 virtualization and management tools available for download by volume licensees.
MokaFive M5 makes BYOD using iPads/iPhones secure
Secure and encrypted workspace, secure browsing and secure corporate or cloud-based storage are requirements for organizations having "Bring Your Own Device" programs. MokaFive's M5 uses virtualization technology to create a secure corporate environment using staff-member's own devices.
Most large Indian firms to increase IT spend this year
Enterprises in the country today spend an average US$12.2 million on IT, pumping their investment in cloud, virtualization, datacenter consolidation, and IT modernization, according to a Gartner survey.
Why velocity, not speed, is the key to cloud maturity
Cloud services still need a better understanding of what the service level agreements should be and ultimately a more concerted approach towards the applications.
Microsoft's $25 Windows 8 for Mac developers deal sells out
Microsoft promotion to attract Mac developers to check their websites for Internet Explorer compatibility appears to have been popular.
Red Hat names former Microsoft exec virtualization chief
Radhesh Balakrishnan will oversee Red Hat's OpenStack and enterprise virtualization technologies. He used to work on Microsoft's Azure, private cloud and data center products.
Power Systems: A better virtualization and big data platform than x86
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled x86s yearning to be replaced with something better — RISC-based technology for the heavy lifting you need but didn't think you could afford.
HyTrust 3.0 enforces polices in the virtual data center
Secondary approval is a standard policy in data centers for physical processes to prevent unauthorized or accidental actions that can be damaging. HyTrust asks why isn't this the case in the virtual data center.