Cloud Computing


Consumption-Based Cloud Servers Offer Savings to Linux Users

Eliminate manual provisioning and reduce disaster recovery costs? ElasticHosts says it's two of the big benefits of its new Elastic Containers cloud servers.

VMware's Horizon 6 Unifies End User Computing

The company's sixth generation virtualization platform for unifying end-user computing has competitors taking notice.

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 2.0 Allows Migrations to Azure VMs

New version of the VMware-to-Hyper-V conversion tool allows VM migrations right up to the cloud.

Google Details New Software-Defined Networking Stack

Google yesterday announced its new software-defined networking technology powering its internal services is available to users of its Cloud Platform.

Alcatel-Lucent Completes Software-Defined Networking Portfolio with New Access Switch

The Enterprise division of Alcatel-Lucent today announced its entire portfolio now supports software-defined networking (SDN) with the introduction of a new access switch and more network capabilities.

New HP Access Point, Apps Highlight Software-Defined Networking News

HP today further embraced the burgeoning software-defined networking (SDN) trend with announcements of more wireless access point support and additional SDN apps.

Secure Mobile Printing for VMware AirWatch Customers

Keep business data secure when printing from consumer devices.

New VXL Thin Clients for Citrix and VMware Environments

VXL launches new desktop devices: the Xtona J12-z zero client, the Gio-Linux J54 desktop, and the Vtona V200 zero client.

Updates to CloudStack and XenApp, XenDesktop

CloudStack 4.3 supports Hyper-V, dynamic computing; XenApp/XenDesktop 7.5 simplify hybrid cloud deployments and provisioning; Oracle rolls up with VirtualBox 4.3.10.

SSD Smart Attributes with vSphere

What's so smart about SSDs? Plenty. Here's what you need to know when deploying them in your VMware virtualization practice.

Proxmox Update Supports Open vSwitch

The Proxmox open-source server virtualization platform also adds SPICE and Ceph support.

Virtual Desktop Starter Kit Simplifies VDI Testing, Deployments

New tool in preview mode simplifies the process of testing and deploying virtual desktops via RDS.

NComputing oneSpace Makes Windows Apps Mobile-Friendly

SMBs can now easily and securely extend Windows apps to mobile users.

NetApp Storage Systems Put Control Back in the Enterprise

FAS8000 Series includes FlexArray virtualization software that can put control of scale-out storage back in the hands of enterprises.

vSphere Power CLI 5.5 Improved in Release 2

The command-line automation and management tool for vSphere and vCloud adds a handful of new features, such as support for PowerShell 4.0 and IPv6, and improves on dozens more.

HotLink DR Express Expands Disaster Recovery Into the Cloud

HotLink's CIMple software-defined networking technology allows on-premises VMware data centers to be backed up to AWS clouds.

XenMobile 8.7 Hardens BYOD Security

New version to be released later this month is FIPS 140-2 compliant, which will make it more readily available to government agencies who demand a more hardened security approach.

Storage/File Sharing Options That are Cloud-, Enterprise-Friendly

Free storage and file sharing tools abound in the cloud, but not very many are enterprise-friendly. Cubby Enterprise and ownCloud are two that IT can get behind.

New Option in Storage: VMware's vSAN Debuts

Virtual SAN pricing, editions now available and comes with Virtual Distributed Switch.

Dell Drives Move to Virtual Workstations

New resources to help organizations make data-intensive applications virtual.

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