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VMware Publishes, Then Pulls, vSphere 6.0 Release Candidate

The company won't provide details on the disappearance of the RC.

AWS, AT&T Partnering on Secure Cloud Connectivity

AT&T Inc. on Thursday announced its plan to offer business customers secure and direct connections to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc.

Google Cuts Price of Cloud Computing

Microsoft did it just one week ago, and Amazon Web Services may be coming soon.

Microsoft Commits to Three Cloud Datacenters in India

CEO Satya Nadella announces the project, pegging the market at $2 trillion.

Microsoft Announces Windows 10

The next operating system will unify the platform, and work on smartphones as well as laptops, desktops and tablets.

Citrix Releases Latest Versions of XenApp, XenDesktop

Faster application launch, quicker session reconnections highlight the upgrades.

AWS Commences EC2 Reboot To Fix Xen Bug

Starting on Thursday evening, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) will be rebooting select Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances across all regions and availability zones.

HP SDN App Store Set To Go Live

Software-defined networking (SDN)? There's an app store for that.

Verizon Adds AWS to Roster of Secure Cloud Connections

Telecom giant Verizon on Tuesday announced it is extending its Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI) service to include Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS).

Brocade Announces SDN Controller Based on Open Source OpenDaylight Code

Company claims first-ever commercial product wholly based on OpenDaylight project.

Cloudnexa Launches Bundled Cloud Management Solution on AWS

Cloudnexa has partnered with Trend Micro Inc., Sumo Logic and AppDynamics to launch a consolidated cloud management suite for Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS).

AT&T Taps SDN for New 'Network on Demand' Service

It's designed to let companies immediately provision their own networking resources through a self-service portal using software-defined networking techniques.

Docker Gets Another Huge Cash Infusion

The containerization technology picked up $40 million, nearly doubling its previous funding total.

Desktop Virtualization May be Part of Windows 'Threshold' Tech Preview

Microsoft is expected to release details of "enterprise" functionality on Sept. 30.

Riverbed Boosts Its Storage Solution for AWS

Riverbed Technology, which specializes in solutions that improve application and network performance, made several announcements recently aimed at storage, backup and recovery services for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

SDN Thrives as Outside Datacenter Disruptions Loom

One analyst paints rosy picture for software-defined networking as another warns of outside threats that could disrupt everything.

HP Buys Cloud Vendor Eucalyptus

The deal may signal a big shift in HP's cloud strategy

Microsoft Aims To Keep Pace with AWS in Cloud Price War

Top Microsoft cloud executive Scott Guthrie on Wednesday reiterated his company's commitment to match the Amazon Web Services (AWS) price cut for price cut.

VMworld 2014 News and Notes

Strange hotels, surging innovation highlight my week in San Francisco.

VMworld: VMware Talks Up Hybrid Cloud and Software-Defined Datacenters

VMware's Robin Matlock, Pat Gelsinger, Bill Fathers and Carl Eschenbach took the stage to urge IT to be "brave" when it comes to hybrid cloud adoption.

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