Those using Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service now have access to a new security option that lets them block unauthorized users from accessing virtual machines.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/27/2013
Improved performance, higher virtual CPU limits per host are new; so is simplified licensing.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/25/2013
Microsoft and Oracle put their longtime rivalry on pause this week to announce a potentially far-reaching agreement to support all of Oracle's key software offerings on Microsoft's Windows Server, Hyper-V and Windows Azure services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/24/2013
The cloud has shifted the frequency with which we need to test our systems' capabilities to come back from disaster, from months to right now and often.
Here's why network virtualization is a better fit than traditional networking for IaaS cloud deployments.
These intensely competitive hypervisors by all appearances are the same. But it's the tools for managing their environments that make all the difference in the world.
- By Greg Shields, Don Jones
- 06/05/2013
A new survey by 451 Research and sponsored by Microsoft indicates that the majority of businesses will turn to the cloud over the next two years.
This year's Citrix Summit conference, which took place this week in Anaheim, Calif., was an opportunity for the company to spotlight its recently revamped solution advisor partner program.
An interview with a long-standing tech CEO before he addresses the mobility troops at the company's Synergy conference.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/21/2013
Automation and orchestration is the key to moving a cloud between its private and public manifestations.
- By Anand Iyengar, Gregory Ness
- 05/15/2013
Rackspace announced a new initiative to make it more attractive to have Windows apps run in its OpenStack environment.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/14/2013
The collaborative work makes it easier for organizations that use Hyper-V for their private cloud environments to also work with SUSE Cloud.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself as a competitor against IaaS provider Amazon Web Services.
Security monitoring must adapt to remain effective in the cloud and virtualization arena. That's where role-based monitoring comes in.
The open-source Xen hypervisor is now being managed by The Linux Foundation.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/15/2013
Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD), Microsoft's cloud-based identity management solution, is now out of the preview stage and available for use as a commercial service for use by organizations.
A "public paid preview" of Microsoft's Windows Azure Backup service is now available, Microsoft announced Monday at its Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.
Version 2.0 CloudPortal Business Manager, Citrix's cloud services delivery platform, was released last week.
A new release of CloudPortal Business Manager provides a platform for Anything as a Service.
Quite a few companies are mashing up server, storage, networking and even the hypervisor into turnkey solutions that can scale up or down as data center needs dictate.
- By Mike Matchett
- 03/20/2013