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                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two brand-new surveys show similar attitudes about the future adoption of SDN technology in the datacenter.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Formerly known as PHD Virtual Backup, it's the product of the Unitrend acquisition of PHD last year.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A study also found that most IT pros remain concerned about security and privacy of data backed up in the cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    For one health care organization, fast provisioning  of development environments translates to a serious competitive advantage.
                    
			            - By Christa  Ayer
- 07/29/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    EMC CEO Joe Tucci has resisted past attempts to do just that.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 07/28/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies to make OpenFlow-enabled products interoperable for unified wired and wireless network access.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The release is integrated with System Center Operations Manager.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 07/25/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Nokia influence dragged profits down, however.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Its AirWatch acquisition, although  expensive, is apparently paying dividends.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company seeks to combine software-defined networking benefits with less expensive bare-metal switches.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Various Internet rumors are claiming that Update 2 will have new features and functionality.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    APIC EM controller is key to company's answer to SDN.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Middle management, former Nokia employees will suffer the brunt of the cutbacks.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 07/17/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Kevin Turner takes aim at his company's  biggest virtualization rival during a keynote at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The product lets admins monitor  cloud and on-premises workloads from a single pane of glass.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Aimed at WAN management, controller comes with applications for navigation, protection and optimization.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    New services are being built in China and Japan.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest x86 server virtualization  report also shows an uptick for Red Hat.