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  • Cisco acquires big piece of its plan to ease IT

    Cisco this week said it would acquire privately held Composite Software, a provider of data virtualiaation software and services, for $US180 million.

    Written by Jim Duffy20 June 13 16:39
  • CERN modernizes IT infrastructure with OpenStack and Puppet

    CERN is making the infrastructure that handles the data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) more flexible by upgrading it with OpenStack for virtualization and Puppet for configuration management.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs19 June 13 15:55
  • Rackspace beefs up cloud networking features with Brocade's Vyatta technology

    Public cloud and managed hosting provider Rackspace has rolled technology from Vyatta into its services, allowing customers to set granulated network segmentation policies that dictate which users and what type of traffic have access to which hosted resources.

    Written by Brandon Butler30 May 13 14:18
  • Lessons learned in my virtual desktop integration (VDI) deployment

    As the IT infrastructure manager at Digital Intelligence Systems LLC (DISYS), an IT solutions company, I recently initiated the build-out of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to support our large mobile workforce, and learned some important lessons along the way that may help smooth the way for your VDI rollout.

    Written by Collin Hachwi, IT manager of DISYS LLC, a global IT staffing and consulting firm20 May 13 22:19
  • VMware and Verizon Tackle BYOD with Dual Persona Phones

    VMware has partnered with Verizon to offer dual persona smartphones for Verizon enterprise customers. It's currently available on two Android-based phones, but more Android devices and iOS support are expected soon.

    Written by Thor Olavsrud15 May 13 14:28
  • VMware: Faster app provisioning makes SDN a keeper

    Software defined networking (SDN) is generating a lot of buzz these days, but the technology will ultimately make itself useful in the enterprise largely because it will save enterprises time in deploying new applications, predicted Martin Casado, chief architect of networking at VMware.

    Written by Joab Jackson08 May 13 20:33
  • The birth of the network function virtualization (NFV) ISV community

    A key requirement for the success of the nascent network functions virtualization (NFV) market is the emergence of an independent software community to drive innovation in telecom software. At the recent Open Network Summit (ONS) event there was significant activity around NFV, including a number of smaller suppliers demonstrating products.

    Written by Lee Doyle, principal analyst at Doyle Research30 April 13 19:37
  • ODCA: Virtual machines inching to portability

    While some progress has been achieved in getting virtual machines to run across different types of hypervisors, more work is still needed to bring them to the level of portability that enterprises are seeking, according to a study released by the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA).

    Written by Joab Jackson25 April 13 20:48
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