The Windows 8 consumer preview release will include one additional new feature: a SkyDrive storage app optimized for the "Metro"-style user interface.
Catbird said that its vSecurity security management can now take advantage of the firewall features of VMware vShield App natively.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/15/2012
Tape backup is still an important component to a good backup strategy, but new technology means we need recovery options that are faster than tape can deliver. Here's why you should consider a mix of solutions. Last in a series.
- By Eric Beehler
- 02/15/2012
Microsoft once again made some cuts to its SQL Azure pricing, as well as introduced a 100 MB database storage option, according to a blog post by Steve Martin, general manager for Windows Azure business planning
A quick look at a quartet of key virtualization and cloud-building tools in the Microsoft portfolio.
Your virtualized infrastructure can be a bit more complex than traditional client/server systems; thus, it requires new thinking when testing and eventually implementing your DR plans. Second in a series.
- By Eric Beehler
- 02/07/2012
BDR in the cloud takes some new thinking -- and understanding of the nuances that make that plan different from what you know in the physical world -- and lots more testing to ensure a recovery goes right. First in a series.
- By Eric Beehler
- 02/02/2012
Microsoft spotlighted the Windows Azure SDK for Node.js, which the company launched in December, with a demo at the recent Node Summit in San Francisco.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/31/2012
Microsoft has released a free trial app of a service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.
Three vendors, three opinions on what drives their solutions. In this second of a series, Doug Barney talks with Lloyd Bloom, senior product manager of CloudSleuth at Compuware Corp.
Now that we know how Hyper-V can take advantage of processors, it's a good time to look at how we can take advantage of memory, networking and disk resources without breaking the budget.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 01/30/2012
VMware recently released results of its 2011 Q4 financials and the news was exceptionally positive.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/25/2012
Deepening its private-cloud partnership with Microsoft (and VMware), Dell announced a new hardware product that can host up to 200 virtual machines.
A hands-on look at using App Controller and Virtual Machine Manager for private cloud deployments.
New version boast performance improvements and easier scalability.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to push the boundaries of performance and scalability of its public cloud infrastructure.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/18/2012
Three vendors, three opinions on what drives their solutions. First up is Brandon Hoff of Emulex, on the keys to the cloud and WANs that his company's solutions take advantage of to more easily move workloads among hybrid clouds.
Google this week inked its biggest cloud deal yet with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), the second-largest banking institution in Spain.
An hour-long webinar on Jan. 17 titled "Transforming IT With Microsoft Private Cloud" will give top Microsoft executives the chance to reveal more about its private cloud plans.
A report published Monday cited several sources who said customers of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform will be able to run Linux servers on the service starting this spring.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/03/2012