Companies facing IT budgetary pressures should not overlook testing their disaster recovery plans, especially those with virtualised environments, warned Glasshouse …
Android For Desktops? I Doubt It
For years, my friend Stephen J. Vaughan-Nichols has been trying to turn Linux into something it is not: A successful …
Cisco’s data-center push holds promise, perils
Cisco Systems' move into the heart of data centers, expected to be laid out at an event next Monday, holds …
Security needs to be ‘baked in’ say experts
A panel of security experts agreed that security needs to thought of a lot earlier in the software development lifecycle, …
Sun’s stellar NAS in a can
Not so long ago, we tested the Sun Fire X4500 Storage Server, aka Thumper, which was a dual-CPU, dual-core Opteron-based …
Microsoft: Enterprises will be able to self-host Windows Azure
Future versions of Windows Server will enable companies to efficiently manage and provide virtualized applications through the Web just like …
Data storage only technology to see increased spending this year: Survey
The results of a survey of about 450 technology professionals released today found that of 26 technology categories, data storage …
Intel introduces Atom chips for new devices
A sluggish economy is a perfect time for slugging it out in the datacenter. That seemed to be Juniper Networks' …
Dell records 48 percent drop in net income
Dell's net income dropped 48 percent for the fourth quarter, the company said Thursday, as it also announced it is …
Appliances big opportunity for Linux, Novell says
The modularity and licensing of Linux makes it well suited as the platform of choice for the burgeoning software appliance …
Microsoft tests Intel Atom netbook processor for ‘green’ servers
Microsoft Corp. researchers are experimenting with low-powered servers using Intel Corp.'s inexpensive, efficient Atom processors designed for netbooks. Though slow …
Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
Network management vendors land hefty venture funding
Venture capital investors continued confidence in management software makers was displayed Wednesday as Apparent Networks and Aveksa separately reported they …
VMware puts its faith behind the v-force
Poised at the tipping point, industry pundits from virtualisation technology major VMware believe that today, anything is possible, virtually. With …
Juniper’s answer to Cisco in the data center: Stratus Project
Juniper said it is partnering with server, storage and software companies to develop a converged data center fabric under a …
Ballmer: Azure ready for release by end of year
Microsoft Corp. plans to release its Windows Azure cloud-computing platform before the end of the year, CEO Steve Ballmer said. …
Seagate sees datacenter power, SSDs as future priorities
While short on specific details, CEO Stephen Luczo said the company believes it has a competitive advantage with the issue. …
‘Keep key projects off the chopping block’
There was a joke at the height of the Cold War: What should you do in the event of nuclear …
Citrix drops price of hypervisor to zero
Citrix is making its core virtualization platform free, and announcing an enhanced partnership with Microsoft to promote interoperability between Citrix’s …
What does a real green data center look like?
Companies looking for a green data center model should take a look at the new facility Internap built in Somerville, …