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                    The key selling point is its 350-plus partner ecosystem.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 08/05/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/24/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Falling Windows sales also contributed to the decline.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 07/22/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    New thin clients are part of a "vWorkspace" upgrade.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/21/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Within four years, predicts IDC, that number will increase  to nearly half of all infrastructure spending.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Masergy Communications announced Virtual f(n), an NFV solution that puts networking routing and firewall capabilities entirely into the software realm. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Digging into Azure  IaaS, migrating LOB systems and more.
                    
			            - By Paul  Schnackenburg
- 06/24/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft demos a container app that works on both Linux and Windows.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 06/24/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's marketed as a simple way to get started with Big Data  projects.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 06/18/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company says its new product does not compete with Microsoft's Active Directory.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- 06/17/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Pluribus Networks is putting its Pluribus Open Netvisor Linux OS on the hardware giant's Open Networking switches in a software-defined networking partnership.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Things are moving smartly forward in the world of upstart, disruptive networking technologies such as software-defined networking and network functions virtualization, as open source stewards in both camps have come out with new software releases.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two new datacenters in Canada will bring the global total to 22.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 06/08/2015