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                    There's not a lot of time left to find a solution.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 04/16/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Its Availability Suite v8 got a customer's vital VM back  online in a snap.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new vSphere 6.0 feature, it's VMware's best attempt yet to  support 3D in a virtual desktop environment.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The container company is a darling of venture capitalists.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The IDC study also shows that most are using their clouds for IT  operations.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday said it will offer Hyper-V container support to provide additional deployment scenarios and allow for the development of more scalable apps. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/09/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next-generation networking vendor Plexxi Inc. announced a partnership with server hardware company PSSC Labs to provide a converged Big Data solution featuring software-defined networking (SDN) technology. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware Inc. last week released a security update  for the Oracle Java runtime environment (JRE).
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company was founded by a former NASA CTO.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    SSL certificates have changed in the latest vCenter edition. Here's how to install a new certificate.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Evolven believes it has a better way to analyze your infrastructure, going beyond the mere detection of symptoms.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 04/02/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    VVOLs are a breakthrough for virtual environments, but every  storage vendor handles them differently.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The enterprise mobility tools maker has gone dark; attempts  to discern what happened have failed.
  
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The former "Fling" is for Windows vCenter Servers  using a SQL Server database.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT priorities are seeing a shift from just safeguarding data, to making sure it's accessible at all times.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 03/31/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Year-over-year sales were up more than 30 percent over 2013, according to IDC.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM Corp. opened two Network Innovation Centers to help customers explore software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and other emerging virtualization and cloud technologies. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond has released a second preview of Azure AD Connect.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Committing one or more of them could significantly damage  your IT environment.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 03/27/2015