In the age of virtualization, many think high availability trumps disaster recovery. Think again: It's more necessary than ever.
                    
			            - By Jon William  Toigo
 - 07/23/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Research firm Gartner Inc. won't be publishing any "Magic Quadrant" reports for software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) technologies, "because SDN and NFV aren't markets." 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    License income experiences strong rise as well.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Falling Windows sales also contributed to the decline.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - 07/22/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the most part, they run on the same software stack as the paid version of their products.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New thin clients are part of a "vWorkspace" upgrade.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 07/21/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix, Oracle, Red Hat and others are "Niche Players,"  according to the report.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Licensing changes and feature upgrades close the competition gap. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It will offer round-the-clock support for new or existing Azure deployments.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 07/20/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Using Ravello Systems to create proof-of-concept upgrades.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond will add installation and configuration help for various Linux distributions.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DataGravity builds its comprehensive analysis right into its appliances.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 07/17/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A wide range of storage arrays have been made available with the release.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft pitches it as a "unified solution for workload-aware disaster recovery."
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Do you need what vendors are selling?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 07/14/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Maybe, muses Jon Toigo in the return of his column, it  failed through lack of interest, rather than  poor technology.
                    
			            - By Jon William  Toigo
 - 07/13/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company hopes to differentiate its offering by  highlighting its expertise with the open source cloud platform.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 07/10/2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A report claims that new law enforcement policies are making things less secure.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco this week invested in a Parisian new-generation networking company as part of a broader initiative to bolster French digital businesses, but some see the move as a long-range strategic positioning against SDN/NFV competitors.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Trying to select one and only one hypervisor to create  virtual environments can be a  fool's errand.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 07/08/2015