While they seem great at first, they might lead to a prison from which you can't escape.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 10/24/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There are no SANs in the cloud because the venerable storage technology just doesn't scale to that level. But there are ways around it, and Microsoft shops should start with the company's Scale-Out File Server. 
                    
			            - By Paul  Schnackenburg
 - 10/24/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. maintained strong growth over the latest fiscal quarter for Amazon.com, despite a poor showing for the company as a whole.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PowerCLI and vCheck combine for a powerful, inexpensive  solution.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The cloud platform is still seen as struggling, however,  when compared with OpenStack, its main competition.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Tuesday announced the general availability of a new cloud-based identity management solution.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company outperforms 2013 in every quarter so far.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Also,  Microsoft now loves Linux.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - 10/21/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Does the sale hint at problems for Big Blue's server business?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 10/20/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company adds a new DevOps product, Code Stream, and rebrands its  cloud management suite.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A study by datacenter security firm Imperva Inc. has found that roughly one-fifth of all Web application attacks originate from servers on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Finding security problems isn't easy, with all the information generated by a typical datacenter. It's worth your time to investigate solutions.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 10/17/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Try this quick, inexpensive fix when your options are limited.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The 10th version of the open source platform adds enterprise features, including Big Data  management and provisioning services.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond is also working on its own container technology.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 10/15/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You might need to programmatically allocate more bandwidth to handle all the recent software-defined networking (SDN) news spewing from NEC, VMware, HP and many more industry players.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service project has rocketed to prominence. Where does it go from here?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The third iteration of the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter  addresses customer concerns from P2V removal in version 2.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A deep dive into all forms of virtualization.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 10/14/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The results may be contributing to slow cloud adoption in  the region.