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Bitcoin gets new friends, but still a bit player
Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling...
Puppet vs. Chef vs. Ansible vs. Salt
The proliferation of virtualization coupled with the increasing power of industry-standard servers and the availability of cloud computing has led to...
WAN specialist Talari adds $15M in venture funding
Talari Networks, a San Jose maker of WAN virtualization/aggregation appliances and software, added $15 million to its coffers via a new round of...
AWS: Our virtual desktop will succeed where others have stumbled
With the launch of a new hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service called WorkSpaces, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to convert more...
Cloud news: Amazon targets high-speed graphics; Rackspace boosts VM performance
Two of the leading cloud computing providers today announced significant revisions to their on-demand virtual machines, with Rackspace rolling out...
Red Hat launches new initiative to drive OpenStack into the enterprise
Open source technology provider Red Hat today announced a new initiative designed to boost the adoption of OpenStack in the enterprise.
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PernixData FVP clusters server-side flash to improve virtual machine performance and reduce SAN latency
First look: Microsoft Remote Desktop apps for iOS and Android
Late to the game, Microsoft releases Remote Desktop apps for rival mobile platforms, but they're bare-bones at best -- and where's the...
VMware identifies vulnerabilities for ESX, vCenter, vSphere, issues patches
VMware today said that its popular virtualization and cloud management products have security vulnerabilities that could lead to denials of service...
VMware reverses decision on ThinApp licensing, readies new version
ThinApp users have scored a victory as VMware has decided to keep offering it as a separate product and said a new version will arrive soon.
VMware acquires Desktone, makes network virtualization generally available
VMware continues to push its plan to virtualize the whole data center, with the general availability of its network virtualization platform, and...
How to Beat Storage Bottlenecks in a Flash
When a data visualization and analysis software provider found that its backend storage was slowing down its developers, it resisted the urge to add...
VM-based storage platform scales out to multiple sites
Enterprises that want their storage organized around virtual machines will get more hardware options and greater scalability later this year from...
Shhh… Cisco's latest switch supports VMware NSX
A recent switch upgrade by Cisco has added an interesting twist to the company's battle royale with VMware over next-generation virtual networking...
ExtraHop mines the network to glean operations intelligence
Jesse Rothstein, who was the lead architect of F5's flagship product line, founded ExtraHop in 2007 to develop products to derive IT operations...
VDI Technology Better, Faster and Cheaper, But Adoption Still Slow
Virtual desktop infrastructure has come a long way since the terminal service days of the 1960s. Heck, VDI has come a long way since the 2000s thanks...
Where do SDNs Fit in the Data Center?
As CIOs try to make sense of the hype surrounding software-defined networks (SDNs) and their potential in data centers, some experts and vendors say...
Cisco, EMC coalition supports Oracle, VDI
VCE, the data center-focused joint venture formed by Cisco and EMC/VMware, this week rolled out converged infrastructure systems designed to support...
Review: VMware Workstation 10 turns to tablets
The best desktop virtualization software for techs adds support for Surface Pro sensors and more polish
VCs throwing gobs of money at cloud, security, mobile startups
Tech startups focused in hot areas such as virtualization, mobility and security have pulled in tens of millions of dollars over the past week or so...
