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Oracle Updates Oracle VM 3.3

Server virtualization solution from Ellison and company improves on the management end and on the OpenStack operability end.

Analysts: SDN Growth To Hurt Cisco

A market in transition means "particularly dire" consequences for the networking giant.

vSphere 6, Virtual Volumes Beta Testing Now Open

VMware starts testing of major hypervisor update as well as innovative virtual storage management component.

Mark Templeton To Remain CEO at Citrix

A press release issued by the company states that Mark Templeton will rescind his retirement and continue to helm the workstyle anywhere company.

Shadow IT: The Dangers Lurking on Your Network, In the Cloud

Users consider lots of freely available cloud apps necessary to get their jobs done. Those same apps give IT anxiety with the security implications that those apps bring when attached to the organizations networks. Are those concerns real or imagined?

Extreme Networks Chooses OpenDaylight Controller for SDN Platform

Company changes direction from previous support of OpenFlow and Open Networking Foundation, now viewed as a "competitor."

CloudLink Secure VM Boosts BitLocker Flexibility

AFORE integrates CloudLink SecureVM with Microsoft's encryption solution.

Nutanix Converges with Dell

Dell works with Nutanix to provide customers with Dell converged infrastructure appliances managed via Nutanix software.

Cisco Buys into Cloud Orchestration with Tail-f

The networking company bolsters its cloud portfolio by buying Tail-f Systems.

Facebook Unveils SDN Switch, Cisco Not Scared

"Wedge" switch and accompanying Linux OS to be proposed as designs for Open Compute Project.

Veeam Availability Suite 8 To Enable 'Always-On Business'

Rebranded Backup Management Suite simplifies accessibility to data and apps at speeds much faster than traditional backup/recovery scenarios.

Azure Site Recovery Backs Up VMs into the Cloud

Preview version of newly dubbed Hyper-V Recovery Manager eliminates need for additional hot site for backups.

Some Depressing But Hard Truths About Cloud Storage

Lack of management is at the heart of most cloud storage struggles. So why is it that most of the conversation veers away from that topic?

'Privatize' the Public Cloud? FortyCloud Makes It Possible

FortyCloud helps organizations create overlay networks to lock down public cloud infrastructures.

Zerto Goes Offsite for Virtual Backup, Recovery

Zerto Virtual Replication 3.5 adds offsite backup -- a bonus for organizations looking for long-term data retention.

Rethinking IT, Part 2: Azure, Automated and Cloud-Ready

This time, we look at automation, cloud and mobile services and a few other things that will have IT pros redefining the roles they play in the organization.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Gets Big Update

Version 3.4 adds several new ways to manage and provision VMs in large numbers, and adds some significant OpenStack features that simplify VM provisioning and networking in the cloud.

VMware Updates Big Data Extensions with Hadoop 2 Support

Built-in vSphere tools help run Hadoop in virtualized environments.

Google Open Sources Container Management Tool

Docker containers are all the rage, and Google is onboard with Kubernetes GitHub project.

Is VMware's Project Mystic Emerging From Behind a Cloud?

Speculation from various sources point to the mysterious MARVIN being VMware's Project Mystic.

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