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Juniper Contrail SDN Joins Mirantis OpenStack Party

Mirantis announced the integration of Juniper Networks Contrail, a software-defined networking overlay platform, into its "pure-play" OpenStack distribution.

Survey: Security Is Top Reason for Cloud Hesitancy

The poll revealed that 90 percent of companies are still wary of data protection in the cloud.

Flash Storage Arrays Continue to Advance

With so many options, like the StorTrends 3600i, it pays to choose wisely.

VMware App Volumes, Part 4: Updating an App Stack

Now that you've learned how to create and deploy App Stacks, you need to know how to update and patch them.

AWS Named Top Public Cloud for Software Development

Recently besieged by competitors in a series of recent surveys that indicate strong challenges to its longstanding cloud supremacy, Amazon Web Services nevertheless was recently ranked by Forrester Research Inc. as the top public cloud platform for software development.

Cisco Boosts Network Programmability

Cisco enhanced its portfolio of services provider solutions with increased programmability and virtualization features, furthering its application-centric vision of new-age networking highlighted by new technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN).

Data Storage Startup Provides Real-Time Analytics on Billions of Files

This first look shows how powerful Qumulo Core is.

Google Nearline Storage Challenges AWS

Google Inc. challenged established cloud services leader Amazon Web Services Inc. with last week's introduction of a beta Nearline Storage service for housing data that needs to be kept by enterprises but is infrequently accessed.

Juniper Expands SDN Capabilities, Starting with Silicon

Juniper Networks expanded its software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities with new silicon, switches and software.

Gartner: CIOs Need To Consider Cloud First

A new survey shows that many executives still prefer only what they know.

Controlling and Managing Universal File Access with ownCloud

Finding the right balance between access and security across firewalls can be tricky.

vSphere 6 Now Available

The latest revision has more than 650 upgrades.

SDN Initiatives Launched as Industry Matures

Several software-defined networking-flavored projects were announced at this week's Open Compute Project summit, while Telco Systems became the latest vendor to propose an initiative to bring more structure to the growing SDN and network functions virtualization industry.

For Hyperconvergence Vendor SimpliVity, a Customer Becomes a Funder

The company gets a new round of cash, raising its value to more than $1 billion.

Eucalyptus AWS Cloud Tool Highlights HP Helion Updates

Improvements to the HP Helion Eucalyptus solution for creating private clouds compatible with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) highlighted recent updates to Hewett Packard's Helion cloud ecosystem tools.

DRaaS: Keeping It Local

Cosentry emphasizes its nearness to the businesses it serves.

Windows Containers and 'Microvisors'

A new Microsoft partner, Sphere 3D, is making containers that have fewer dependencies than Docker.

SDN and NFV Shine at Mobile World Congress

For a mobile conference, there was a lot of software-defined networking and network functions virtualization buzz at the recent Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona as mobile service providers are at the vanguard of an industry gearing up for the era of new-age networking.

VMware Extends Recertification Deadline

The company calls the reversal a "sudden" decision due to several factors, including test center snafus.

vSphere 6 Fault Tolerance: Continuous Availability for vCenter Server

All the upgrades to the VMware flagship product lead to much better availability of services.

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