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CES 2022: Google, GM Join Others In Halting Physical Attendance
Alphabet's Google and General Motors latest to announce it will no longer attend next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in person
Google Offers Virtual Tour Of Secretive Data Centres
Google is famous for being very secretive about its data centres, but is now offering the general public virtual tours
Tesco Launches “Virtual Store” At Gatwick Airport
Offers to shop while waiting for a flight, with food delivered once customers are back
Mobile VDI Client For Windows PCs Launched By NComputing
NComputing's Client for Windows uses the company's vSpace Server to scale to 100 user sessions on a single host PC or server
Quantum Targets Cloud Backup With DXi V1000 Launch
Quantum is looking to help businesses deal with their cloud backup issues with its new DXi appliance
Virtela Offers Analytics Option for Virtualised Data Centres
Virtela has extended its automation and predictive analytics platform to cater for virtualised data centres
London Launch For Dell Compellent Storage Center Upgrade
New backup array for SMBs, upgraded storage network software, and improved integration features top Dell's list of announcements at the European Storage Forum
Cloud Environment Innovation Promised By EMC
EMC, preparing to launch Project Lightning, seeks better ways to move VM workloads around data centres
Cisco Virtual Firewall Protects Multi-Tenant Cloud
Cisco rolled out switches and a virtual firewall appliance to expand its ASA data centre range
Nuance Buys Android Gesture Input Specialist Swype
Nuance's acquisition of Android phone gesture-software-maker Swype could attract Google
Red Hat Buys Gluster For Cloud-Ready Storage
Red Hat enters the storage software business by acquiring a virtual appliance-style file system vendor
Cisco Plans Virtual Networking For Microsoft Hyper-V
Cisco will provide data centre packages that will control Microsoft Windows Server 8 virtual environments
Juniper Virtual Gateway Given Security Upgrade
Juniper's vGW platform has been upgraded with security management, continuous monitoring and antivirus
Racemi Migrates Across VMware, Xen And Hyper-V
DynaCenter automates movement of server images across or between different virtualisation hypervisors
Invincea Protects By Virtualising PDF Reader Environment
Invincea moves Adobe PDF files into a sacrificial virtual environment to prevent infection from Reader malware
PayPal Launches Mobile Micropayments Service
PayPal is launching a micropayments platform that will allow consumers to purchase goods and content online
StorageTek Library Extension For Mainframes Released
Oracle has released a highly-scalable additional tier of storage for mainframes which can also be used in x86-based systems
EMC Moves into Big Database World with Greenplum Appliance
EMC's answer to the Oracle Exadata and IBM Netezza servers is the Greenplum Data Computing Appliance
Wyse Enhances Its Virtual Desktop Software
Wyse is addressing network latency issues and rich-media content delivery through enhancements to its desktop virtualisation software
Enterasys Pushes Heterogenous Data Centre Management
Enterasys is driving home the message of heterogeneity as it unveils its data centre networking strategy
Oracle Provides Virtual Update To Sun Ray Thin Client
Oracle has introduced the Sun Ray 3 Plus Client, which runs on Oracle's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure software
Security Still Being Ignored In Virtual Environments
Enterprise adoption of virtualisation is still going strong, but security for those environments is not
Oracle User Group Reveals Key Virtualisation Problems
Independent Oracle Users Group members reveal the thorniest issues involved in transforming an older data centre or building a new one
Microsoft Partners Citrix For Desktop Virtualisation
Microsoft and Citrix Systems have announced a partnership designed to promote the companies' end-to-end solutions for virtualisation
SMEs Offered Virtual Disaster Recovery Service
Backup and disaster recovery specialist Weidenhammer teams up with UK IT firm Plan B to offer cost-conscious businesses disaster recovery IT service vRescue