Cloud Computing


SolarWinds Updates, Rebrands Hyper9

SolarWinds this week solidified its line of virtualization management tools, with new versions of its Hyper9 virtualizaztion management solution and SolarWinds Storage Manager.

PerfectDisk 12 Optimizes Disk Performance, Whether Physical or Virtual

Raxco adds new feature called Virtual Awareness, aimed at thwarting fragmentation in virtualized disks automatically.

Windows Azure-Powered Cloud Coming August from Fujitsu

Fujitsu plans to launch a commercial cloud service in August using Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, the two companies announced on Tuesday.

Microsoft To Release Office 365 on June 28

Microsoft is expected to release Office 365, the cloud-based successor to its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) with added desktop productivity functionality, on June 28.

Private Equity Firm Acquires Hosted E-Mail Giant Intermedia

Exchange hoster Intermedia has been acquired by private equity firm Oak Hill Partners for an undisclosed amount.

VMware High Availability and the CLI, or What Is AAM?

VMHA via vSphere works most of the time, but sometimes you'll need to get at those scripts to fix something.

JNBridge's Interop Tools Now Supporting On-Premises, Cloud Interop

Developer of Java/.NET interoperability solutions now supporting interop in the cloud.

San Francisco Picks Microsoft for Hosted E-Mail Solution

Adding to Microsoft's string of public-sector cloud deals, the city of San Francisco announced plans to migrate 60 departments and agencies to Exchange Online over the next 12 months.

WANTED: ESXi in the Public Cloud

I haven't found a public cloud provider yet that allows me to run a nested ESXi server as a virtual machine.

Microsoft Showcases Windows Azure Cloud and Devices at Tech-Ed

Microsoft officially kicked off its Tech-Ed North America conference on Monday with a keynote that focused, in part, on moving to the cloud and managing services and applications in hybrid environments and across multiple devices.

From Tech-Ed: Hyper-V Expands Interoperability with CentOS Support

Hosting solutions providers able to manage various cloud infrastructures from Hyper-V.

Source: PlayStation Network Hacked Using Amazon's Cloud Service

A report this morning from Bloomberg News points to hackers using Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud as a staging area for the attack on Sony's PlayStation Network -- which led the service to be shut down for almost a month.

VMware Reaches Agreement To Buy Shavlik Technologies

Shavlik Technologies, a provider of security and management software for desktops and servers, will be acquired by virtualization and cloud provider VMware, the companies announced on Monday morning.

Outages Hit Microsoft's Web-Based Productivity Service

Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) experienced multiple outages this week, the company admitted on Thursday.

Google Chrome OS-Based Notebooks Coming Next Month

Google on Wednesday announced "Chromebooks," the upcoming line of notebook computers that will run the company's Chrome operating system.

Microsoft Reaches $8.5 Billion Deal for Skype

Microsoft on Tuesday announced it has agreed to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion, making it the largest acquisition in Microsoft's history.

Study: Security a Low Priority for Three-Quarters of Cloud Providers

According to a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute, security is not a top priority for most cloud computing vendors and customers.

Red Hat Fills Out Cloud Portfolio with PaaS, IaaS Offerings

Red Hat has bolstered its cloud offerings with the release of a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering for developers and new software to enable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

How vCenter Operations Can Help You

Your vSphere infrastructure needs monitoring, and that's where vCenter Operations comes in. Let's take a look at how to work with it.

VMware's Cloud Foundry Recovers from Outages

VMware's fledgling Cloud Foundry service experienced two brief outages last week, though the outages pale in comparison to Amazon Web Services' four-day outage that concluded early last week.

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