Cloud Computing


Big Switch Unveils Flagship Datacenter SDN Fabric

Company seeks to combine software-defined networking benefits with less expensive bare-metal switches.

VMware Management Pack Extends Monitoring to Cloud

The product lets admins monitor cloud and on-premises workloads from a single pane of glass.

VMware Hybrid Cloud Reaches into Asia

New services are being built in China and Japan.

Microsoft Positions StorSimple as Link Between Local and Cloud Storage

The storage appliances can hold up to 500TB of data.

7 Backup Appliance Myths, Unclouded

Even in the cloud, backup myths proliferate. Here are seven of the most common.

Storage: Reaching Out by Dumbing It Down

On vSAN, MARVIN, and storage shinola.

Arcserve Strikes Out On Its Own Cloud Path

CA sells data protection software business to a private investment firm that owns Openwave, VantagePoint, other tech.

Smart Alerts Make Cloud Storage Smarter

CloudPhysics releases new Storage Analytics with Smart Alerts.

VMware Horizon 6 Hits Shelves

VMware's desktop virtualization suite, which debuted in April, is now generally available.

Oracle Updates Oracle VM 3.3

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

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.

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.

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.

'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.

Google Open Sources Container Management Tool

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

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