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VMware Makes $1.48B, Then Spends $1.17B for MDM Company AirWatch

VMware's preliminary report shows 15 percent revenue upswing. It also says the AirWatch buy is largest in company history.

Microsoft Releases Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager Service

Microsoft said that it's Windows Azure disaster recovery service is now production-environment-ready

Ensim Brands File, Backup Services for Service Providers

Ensim adds to its end-to-end BSS/OSS cloud offering.

Goliath Offers Wide View of VMware Services

MonitorIT works natively with VMware to monitor and report on system metrics.

Citrix Takes Solutions-Based Path with Certifications

New certification titles take program into different direction focusing on solutions rather than products.

Nutanix Adds Hyper-V Support

Converged compute and storage solution goes hypervisor-agnostic.

AppEnsure Free Gives Apps a Performance Boost

Free tool troubleshoots applications--physical or virtualized, or located in a public or private cloud.

Building Hybrid Clouds with Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4.0

Point release pulls together a bevy of Red Hat technologies to aid in creation of public or private clouds.

Nimdesk Partners with Artisan on DaaS

Nimdesk partners with Artisan to let service providers brand and deploy virtual desktops.

Citrix Releases Mac Version of DesktopPlayer

The Mac version is a mobile client virtualization solution that's used in conjunction with Citrix XenDesktop to provide always-connected services.

Citrix To Bolster Mobility Connectivity with Framehawk Buy

Framehawk technology to work in concert with Citrix HDX to optimize delivery of virtual desktops, apps to mobile devices.

VMware, Citrix Start 2014 with New Execs

VMware finally fills CTO spot, while Citrix adds to its mobile desktop team.

Zerto Centralizes, Simplifies Disaster Recovery

When disaster strikes, strike back with Zerto Virtual Replication 3.1.

VMware Releases vCenter Log Insight 1.5

Update supports Active Directory and includes improvements in content pack infrastructure.

Microsoft To Add SaaS Customer Service Piece to Dynamics

Redmond buys Parature, maker of a cloud-based customer service component, which will be integrated into the Microsoft Dynamics CRM portfolio.

Google Apps Trumps Office 365 in UC Berkeley Cloud E-Mail Bid

In an e-mail to staff and students on Wednesday, the University of California, Berkeley announced that it is switching to Google Apps for Education for cloud-based e-mail and calendaring, not Microsoft's Office 365 suite.

Microsoft Extends SkyDrive Mobile Support to iPhone, iPad

In an surprising move, Microsoft on Tuesday made its consumer-oriented SkyDrive cloud storage service available for Apple mobile devices, as well its own Windows Phone devices.

Microsoft Updates Windows Azure, Boosts Open Source Interoperability

Microsoft issued the fourth-quarter service release of its Windows Azure cloud computing platform on Saturday, with an emphasis on open source interoperability improvements, expanded database capacity and "simplified pricing."

Oracle To Turn Focus on Cloud with Next Major WebLogic Update

Oracle this week announced the forthcoming availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, a major update of the company's WebLogic app server and the cornerstone of its Cloud Application Foundation.

Microsoft's Office 365, SkyDrive Get Major Updates

Two of Microsoft's cloud-based services, Office 365 and SkyDrive, underwent significant updates on Tuesday.

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