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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Open source storage virtualization from Red Hat is taking on the big players in the market. Can it win? Red Hat's Gluster Community Manager thinks it has what it takes to win.
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Companies all over the world are looking for ways to gain some advantage due to the industry interest in processing massive amounts of rapidly changing data. Sumo Logic just emerged from stealth...
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Evolven's CEO talks about how Cloudyn helps his company manage cloud-related costs.
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eG Innovations is offering a comprehensive, yet easy to use, set of tools to monitor enterprise environments. The company has to make itself heard over others in a very competitive and noisy...
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VMware has announced its latest cloud product, the VMware Cloud Integration Manager, which automates the delivery and operation of the company's vCloud Director clouds. It will be delivered in the...
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