Cloud Computing


Addressing the State of VMware's Union

Breaking down virtualization's most powerful company, category by category, and assessing its competition.

Moving Your SQL Infrastructure to Microsoft Azure

Putting your databases in the public cloud might be scary, but the rewards are substantial. Here's how this fictional company does it.

Citrix Unveils Workspace Cloud

It's designed to facilitate pushing desktops and apps to any user on any device through a cloud-agnostic platform.

10 Questions, 10 Answers with VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger

The head honcho dishes on his company's relationship with Microsoft, whether containers will overtake virtual machines, what attendees at VMworld 2015 can expect and more.

Red Hat Delivers RHEL OpenStack Platform 7

The key selling point is its 350-plus partner ecosystem.

A Full Menu of OpenStack Choices

Most major vendors have an open source cloud solution. But they take very different approaches, so you need to be a picky eater and find the right restaurant.

Nokia Hits Microsoft Hard On Bottom Line

Falling Windows sales also contributed to the decline.

Dell Adds To Its VDI, Cloud Offerings

New thin clients are part of a "vWorkspace" upgrade.

Microsoft Azure Gets Unexpected New Support Partner: Rackspace

It will offer round-the-clock support for new or existing Azure deployments.

Replicate Your vSphere 6.0 Infrastructure in the Cloud

Using Ravello Systems to create proof-of-concept upgrades.

Linux on Azure Gets More Microsoft Love

Redmond will add installation and configuration help for various Linux distributions.

Azure Site Recovery Now Handles VMware Workloads

Microsoft pitches it as a "unified solution for workload-aware disaster recovery."

The Limitations of Appliance Servers

Do you need what vendors are selling?

Public Cloud Spending To Grab One-Third of All IT Dollars in 2015

Within four years, predicts IDC, that number will increase to nearly half of all infrastructure spending.

Masergy Moves Routing and Firewall to Software with Network Functions Virtualization

Masergy Communications announced Virtual f(n), an NFV solution that puts networking routing and firewall capabilities entirely into the software realm.

Pluribus Leads SDN-Based Converged Infrastructure Effort

Pluribus Networks, on a mission to advance software-defined networking, has teamed up with Red Hat and Super Micro Computer to demonstrate a converged infrastructure package.

Real-Life Azure, Part 2: Branch Office Setup

Digging into Azure IaaS, migrating LOB systems and more.

Docker Containers Get Extended by Microsoft

Microsoft demos a container app that works on both Linux and Windows.

BlueData Supports Hadoop and Spark on Docker

It's marketed as a simple way to get started with Big Data projects.

VMware Jumps Into IDaaS Ring

The company says its new product does not compete with Microsoft's Active Directory.

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