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VMware Aims For ‘Post-PC World’
VMware chief Paul Maritz has opened VMworld 2011 with a reminder of Steve Jobs' vision of the world beyond the PC
HP Seeks To Ease Virtualisation Complexity
Companies are struggling with complex, inflexible, and fragmented virtual environments but help is at hand, says HP's Ingo Kraft
Wyse Touts High Performance Thin-Clients
Wyse Technology has boldly claimed that its new thin clients are the fastest in the world
Cisco Launches New Virtual Networking Systems
At VMworld 2011 Cisco is highlighting a new crop of virtualised networking infrastructure products
Oracle Targets VMware With Virtual Machine Updates
Oracle is making some bold claims for its hypervisor v VMware: that it scales four times better and costs less
Angry US IT Worker Wreaked Havoc At Drugs Firm
A disgruntled US IT administrator deleted multiple virtual hosts at Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi
Astute Networks Fixes Virtualisation ‘Crawl And Stall’
Astute's ViSX G3 uses network performance acceleration to clear congestion in VMware environments
Citrix Buys RingCube For Virtual Desktop Technologies
RingCube controls security and file access to authorise various mobile devices to access a VDI system
Apache Developers: Java 7 Contains Bugs
Java 7 holds errors that can cause virtual machines to crash or create bugs in apps, say Apache devs
Storage Startup Altaro Readies Hyper-V Backup Option
A startup that specialises in home PC backup is readying a backup option for Microsoft Hyper-V VMs
Veeam Says One Third Of Enterprise Servers Are Virtual
A new portal from Veeam has revealed the extent of the penetration of virtualisation into enterprises
Enterprises Disappointed By Virtualisation Savings
A survey has found that the majority of enterprises are disappointed in virtualisation's cost savings
Oracle Virtual Desktop Client Launched For iPads
Oracle offers iPad access to enterprise applications via Sun Ray Software and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Flash Optimisation Software Marks FlashSoft Debut
FlashSoft SE makes flash disks more cost-effective by creating a server-tier, read-write cache
Unix Servers Growing As Mainstay Of Data Centres
Unix systems continue to be a cornerstone in enterprise data centres, despite soaring sales of x86 servers
Wimbledon: Cool Servers Score With Tennis Viewers
This year, Wimbledon goes 3D and IBM's liquid-cooled systems serve deeper analysis to the audience
Bridging The Gap Between Private And Public Clouds
Scaling IT means using tools and services on both sides of the cloud divide
Gartner Touts Reprovisioning For Threat Protection
Analysts at Gartner are advocating workload reprovisioning as the best protection against advanced attacks
PCI SSC And Cisco Guides On Securing Virtual Systems
The PCI Council's latest guide explores virtual environment security while Cisco shows how to achieve compliance
Server Virtualisation Widespread Among Enterprises, Survey Finds
A Symantec survey has revealed the current state of server and storage virtualisation among enterprises
Cyber-Thieves Aim At Cloud And Virtualised Servers
Cyber-criminals are attacking virtualised data centre systems and targeting cloud environments
Network Vendors Tout Fabric-Based Designs
Cisco’s FabricPath and HP’s FlexNetwork mark a shift in network architectures across the board
Traditional Defences Can’t Stop APT, Zero-Day Threats
Security vendor warns that antivirus and intrusion prevention are not enough to stop cyber-attackers
Wyse Looks To SMBs With Wyse-Kaviza Virtual Client
Wyse has teamed up with desktop virtualisation provider Kaviza for a low cost option for SMBs
Citrix XenDesktop To Run With EMC VNX Storage
The partnership enables VNX storage to scale out XenDesktop to 1,000 virtual desktops per storage array
Dell Expands Its Virtual OptiPlex Thin-Client Lineup
The company introduces an enhanced Virtual Lab package with new hardware, aimed at education markets
Cisco Surprise In x86 Blade Server Top Five, IDC Says
IDC takes Cisco into account and finds it is the third-largest blade vendor, passing Dell but trailing HP and IBM
Virtual Desktop Provider Kaviza Eyed By Citrix
Citrix plans to buy strategic partner Kaviza, maker of VDI-in-a-Box, for its virtualised tablet capabilities
Enterprise Open Virtualisation From Red Hat And IBM
Red Hat and IBM have announced a new partnership to work together to make products based on KVM< ...