Datacentre

Microsoft Virtualization Goes Cross-Platform with VMware Support

With System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft adds support for VMware ESX Infrastructure virtualization technology. With Hyper-V virtualization technology,…

16 years ago

Microsoft’s Exchange Isn’t the Only Way to Get the Message Out

Updated offerings from Gordano and IBM Lotus prove compelling alternatives to Microsoft Exchange Server.

16 years ago

Novell Adds Application Virtualization to Portfolio

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization does a good job of virtualising software on Microsoft Windows desktop PCs. It is also a…

16 years ago

HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server Is Capable, Quick

With the ProLiant DL185 G5, Hewlett-Packard introduces a major update to the management software that improves usability over earlier versions…

16 years ago

VMware Workstation 6.5 Is a Top Virtualization Tool

VMware Workstation 6.5, the latest version of VMware's PC or laptop virtualization tool, continues the company's trend of offering top-notch…

16 years ago

Ubuntu Remains Best Linux Distribution for Desktops

Ubuntu 8.10 still outshines the Linux desktop offerings from Red Hat and Novell, and is the best open-source alternative to…

16 years ago

Fedora 10 a Solid Linux Choice for Workstations, Development Servers

The latest version of Fedora, the Linux-based operating system, gives users a peek at what they can expect to see…

16 years ago

Apple Services Keep Apps Fresh

Software Update Server and client-side update tools form the core of the patching model.

16 years ago

SOA: Wanted Dead or Alive

Burton Group analyst Anne Thomas Manes set off a storm of IT industry chatter around the viability of SOA when…

16 years ago

Intel Atom Processor Road Map Springs a Leak

Intel will shrink its Atom processor to 32-nanometres in the second half of 2010, and the company is developing this…

16 years ago

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: How to Prepare Your Business

Companies frequently don't like to think about business continuity, disaster recovery, the expense of hot sites or even off-site storage.…

16 years ago

11 Best Practices to Save on Data Centre Power

Data centre managers could save millions of kilowatt hours annually by implementing 11 best practices, says analyst company Gartner. Most…

16 years ago

Six Tips to Build Your Brand

Social networking tools such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others offer SMBs new ways to build communities and your brand.…

16 years ago

Will SMBs Spend on Virtualization in 2009?

While some reports suggest small businesses won't be slashing through IT budgets in 2009, is the average midmarket company willing…

16 years ago

VKernel Capacity Analyzer a Strong Tool in VMware Environments

VKernel's Capacity Analyzer 2.0 can use VMware VirtualCentre statistics to offer clarity in virtualization deployments. However, the virtualization tool is…

16 years ago

Five Tech Trends to Watch in 2009

Small businesses face tightening IT budgets this year, but here are five technology trends all midmarket companies should be keeping…

16 years ago

Should Your Corporate Head Be in the E-Mail Cloud?

Big and small providers alike offer hosted or cloud-based collaboration and e-mail systems geared for businesses, with some obvious benefits.

16 years ago

Google Versus Microsoft: The Fight for the Future of Cloud Computing

While Google and Microsoft have each developed very different business models and attitudes toward consumers and the enterprise, both companies…

16 years ago

Apple’s Jobs to Take Medical Leave Until End of June

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs will take a medical leave of absence from his post until the end of June…

16 years ago

Salesforce.com Rationalises InStranet Assets to Create Service Cloud

Salesforce.com's latest foray into cloud computing comes in the form of the Service Cloud. This is an effort to combine…

16 years ago

SanDisk Sees 2009 as the Year of SSD Notebooks

The company believes SSDs are poised to enter mainstream corporate notebooks in 2009. Fast new SanDisk G3 drives will become…

16 years ago

Microsoft: Patch Server Vulnerability to Combat New Attacks

Microsoft has repeated its warning to users to apply a vulnerability patch in their Windows Server service. A new variant…

16 years ago