As promised, Microsoft Corp. today launched the beta of “XP Mode,” the Windows 7 compatibility add-on that runs Windows XP …
IBM eyes the future of virtualization
The future of technology always has roots in the past. And the past is indeed long in the case of …
Hitachi enters server, network monitoring business
Hitachi Data Systems today announced the release of three new software products to provide enhanced monitoring of business applications, virtualized …
Group proposes cloud management standard
The Distributed Management Task Force announced it had formed a group to tackle management and interoperability issues that will arise …
EMC, Symantec kick-off security barrage
With the RSA Conference cranking up, EMC’s security division RSA and Symantec rolled out security product releases. Symantec also said …
BladeSystem Matrix takes aim at Cisco
HP has rolled out BladeSystem Matrix, a converged software, server, storage and network platform designed to compete against Cisco's Unified …
Forrester: Microsoft opens virtual desktop options
Changes that Microsoft Corp. has made to its desktop virtualization licensing are giving enterprises more scenarios for how they can …
Virtualization management: Cross-platform tools fall short
With the abundance of formidable virtualization platforms on the market today, there ought to be a better way to manage …
EMC introduces x86-based Symmetrix array for cloud storage
EMC Corp. today unveiled a high-end Symmetrix storage array that is based on Intel Corp.'s x86 quad-core processors and integrates …
IT pros: Private clouds a good first step to cloud computing
Deploying a private cloud network is a good way for enterprises to ease into cloud computing before deploying applications on …
Microsoft exec blasts ‘Open Cloud Manifesto’
A set of principles promoting cloud computing interoperability was sharply criticized by a Microsoft Corp. executive just days before its …
New Quadro GPUs add virtualization option for Nvidia users
Nvidia Corp. yesterday added seven graphics cards to its Quadro line for professionals, including three that support a new technology …
Does the data centre dustup favour Cisco?
Although the announcement didn’t come as a surprise to the IT industry, it is the way competitors lined up to …
Cloud Security Alliance formed to promote best practices
A group calling itself the Cloud Security Alliance announced its formation Tuesday, with eBay and ING as founding members. The …
Cloud computing vendors converge on standard definition, goals
When “cloud computing” became the buzz-phrase du jour in IT sometime in the past year or two, you could probably …
Sun improves its virtualization offering with VDI Software 3
While we wait around to find out what's going on with the supposed IBM acquisition of Sun, it appears as …
Sun unveils virtual desktop storage upgrades
Sun is overhauling its virtual desktop software with new features that reduce storage needs by creating clones of virtual machines, …
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 released
Novell unveiled SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 on Tuesday, with features and capabilities that reflect the company's controversial multiyear agreement with …
Microsoft builds up Windows Home Server features, ecosystem
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday plans to release Power Pack 2 for Windows Home Server with improvements to remote file access, …
New blade server is key to Cisco data center plan
Cisco Systems Inc. has unveiled its first blade server, which will serve as the centerpiece of a system the company …