After a number of delays, the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date …
Red Hat rolls out private PaaS
Red Hat officially jumped into the cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) market yesterday. Last year the company announced an initial version of OpenShift, an application …
Alcatel-Lucent enters crowding SDN field
Alcatel-Lucent’s enterprise division this week jumped into the SDN market with a strategy to fortify products to enhance network programmability …
CRM, virtualisation and collaboration strongest in software market growth
The global software market grew 4.7 percent in the first half of this year to US$167 billion, with CRM (customer …
HP takes aim at Cisco, Juniper with SDN market invasion
HP this week will unveil a software-defined networking portfolio that spans infrastructure, control plane operations and applications in an effort to lead the emerging …
Heading into the cloud
If you follow cloud computing, you’re no doubt familiar with software-as-a-service, or infrastructure-as-a-service. But how about network-as-a-service (NaaS)? Generally speaking, the …
Dell showcases new servers from supercomputer
Dell has announced servers based on designs the company is implementing in an upcoming 10-petaflop supercomputer called Stampede, which will …
Red Hat unveils first beta from new virtualisation network
Red Hat has announced the availability of the first beta of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation 3.1. Current Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation customers …
Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …
Dell expands open source, cloud initiatives
Dell today announced the expansion of three open source software and cloud computing initiatives: the formalisation of Project Sputnik resulting …
VMware to acquire OpenFlow pioneer Nicira for $1.26 billion
Continuing its push to virtualise all aspects of the data centre, VMware is acquiring software-defined networking firm Nicira for US$1.26 …
HP cloud plans focus on open source, management
HP reiterated its commitment to open cloud computing standards this week at the Red Hat Summit, as the company’s enterprise cloud vice …
Microsoft opens Azure to IaaS, Linux
Microsoft unveiled new capabilities for Azure that move the cloud offering from a platform as a service into the competitive landscape …
Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server
Dell yesterday announced a prototype low-power server with ARM processors, following a growing demand by Web companies for custom-built servers …
VMware, Piston Cloud pledge to develop open source PaaS offering
In a pairing of unlikely partners, Piston Cloud Computing announced it will work to support integration of VMware’s open source platform-as-a-service offering …
10 most powerful IaaS companies
The 10 most powerful IaaS companies, assembled by Network World with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, …
Apache embraces cloud with Deltacloud approval
Extending its range of open-source projects to cloud computing, the Apache Software Foundation has approved the Deltacloud as a top-level …
Rackspace enlists Redapt for private cloud installs
Rackspace hopes to make it easier to use its OpenStack private cloud offering by partnering with Redapt, a company that …
Startup Porticor launches with encryption technology for cloud computing
New startup Porticor launches this week with technology aimed at giving enterprises a way to encrypt data held in cloud computing services, …
Citrix simplifies cloud service management
Citrix is shipping a new version of its cloud management software CloudStack that makes it simpler for service providers and …