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VMware Debuts Horizon WorkSpace, Updates to Horizon Suite

VMware announced updates to its Horizon Suite, including a mobile component that provides for enterprise-grade device management.

Free Training: Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Users

Microsoft training module available for free for a limited time; provides look into/comparison of Microsoft virtualization solutions for those already familiar with VMware's solutions.

Azure Storage Gains on Amazon S3 (Report)

A report by enterprise cloud storage provider Nasuni shows Microsoft's cloud storage competes and sometimes bests the competition in performance and other criteria.

New vSphere Offerings Focus on Operations, Data Protection

vSphere customers who want health, compliance and capacity information sans bells and whistles of the vCloud Suite can opt for new vSphere with Operations Management component. Also, VMware scales up VM data protection for midsized customers.

VMware Fixes Recently Discovered ESX Flaw

VMware was quick to respond to a flaw that resided in an important driver used by a number of its virtualization products, including ESX and View.

Citrix Receiver Supports Windows Surface RT, Windows 8

Lightweight Web interface now supports latest Windows tablet and its touch-enabled features.

VMware To Acquire Virtual Storage Firm Virsto

Acquisition of Virsto and its virtual storage solutions will help improve the performance of VMware's products.

New Office Arriving in March with Some Cloud Perks

Microsoft has confirmed that Office 2013 and Office 365 will be generally available in March.

LogMeIn Hops On Free Storage Cloud

Cubby provides 5GB, with a professional version allowing syncing across devices without the cloud.

Microsoft Cuts Price for Windows Azure SQL Reporting Services

Microsoft recently lowered the price for its Windows Azure SQL Reporting Services, which is used for business intelligence-type applications.

VMware Revenues Rising, But Job Cuts Looming

Virtualization and cloud behemoth VMware followed up good news of rising revenues in its latest earnings report with some bad news on impending layoffs.

Office 365 Fortifies Cloud Connection

Microsoft announced new consumer, student and small business editions, and is fortifying its connection through newer cloud connections.

HotLink SuperVISOR Centralizes VM Management

Version 2 has deeper integration with VMware tools, including vCloud Director and Amazon EC2 support.

Oracle VM 3.2 Now Manages SPARC Domains

Latest upgrade also adds MySQL Enterprise as a database repository option, plus a slew of new features and improvements.

VMware CTO Steve Herrod Steps Down

VMware CTO Steve Herrod blogged earlier today that he is resigning his post at the company.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Updated, Supports Hyper-V

Red Hat's latest 5 point release finally makes the Hyper-V connection and improves security and supports a wider variety of hardware.

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.

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