VMware Lab's ThinApped vSphere client allows running the client without installing it. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released the public beta of Office 365, the company's widely anticipated cloud-based productivity suite.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/18/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The typical IT gauges don't translate well for measuring virtualization efficiencies. You'll need to look at it from a different angle. 
                    
			            - By Andrew  Hillier
- 04/14/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Keys to Microsoft's first service pack for Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 are dynamic memory and RemoteFX.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced on Monday that it plans to deliver its entire Dynamics portfolio as a cloud-based service.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/12/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has debuted the first platform preview of IE 10, just four weeks after the final version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9) was released. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- 04/12/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware today announced the debut of Cloud Foundry, which the company is touting as the first "open platform as a service," or PaaS.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 04/12/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What VMware, Dell, NetApp and DataCore are doing to add support for tiered storage in their offerings. 
                    
			            - By Dave  Bartoletti
- 04/07/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell today said it is investing $1 billion in cloud computing under a two-year plan to build out datacenters that will let customers subscribe to virtualized compute infrastructure and storage.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/07/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM raised its cloud presence on Thursday with the launch of two new services: SmartCloud, which is designed to enhance IBM's public cloud infrastructure services, and Workload Deployer, the company's new solution for building private clouds.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/07/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Toyota Motor Co. that would link Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform with car telematics technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For private clouds to become viable, organizations must embrace several steps to advance their private cloud strategies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Unified communications adoption in the United States has doubled over the past year, and many organizations are moving their UC implementations to the cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The vast majority of datacenter managers say their budgets are not increasing this year, according to a study released last week. However, yet another study suggests overall IT spending is on the rise.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/04/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Storage is at the heart of the problems some companies have in deploying VDI. 
                    
			            - By Dave  Bartoletti
- 03/31/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    During the Microsoft Hosting Summit being held in Bellevue, Wash. this week, Microsoft outlined some planned licensing changes that will help its service provider partners and Software Assurance (SA) customers.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Vendors build proof-of-concept environment on top of OpenStack's cloud OS to show customers what's possible in the cloud. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 03/30/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems today said it has agreed to acquire newScale Inc., a supplier of software that provides self-service provisioning of cloud-based services.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 03/29/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Free Hyper-V needs a GUI. In the meantime, a third-party provider has filled in the gap. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware customers looking for openness in cloud solutions might see vSphere support in the forthcoming OpenStack Compute "Cactus" release as a opportunity. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 03/28/2011