Microsoft revved up its cloud marketing message on Monday with the release of a whitepaper titled "Microsoft Private Cloud: A Comparative Look at Functionality, Benefits and Economics."
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company claims its Virsto for VDI plays very well with VMware's vSphere.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/30/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sungard provides what it calls the first cloud disaster recovery service of its kind for VMware VMs.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/29/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Monitoring, reporting on public cloud services provided through partnership with Goliath Technologies.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/29/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AppSense partners with Lakeside Software to help customers figure out how virtualization can impact computing environment. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/29/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware's newest hypervisor upgrade officially released before the company's VMworld Conference taking place next week in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/26/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    eXo's Cloud IDE development tool, which the company touts as the industry's only cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE), now supports VMware's Cloud Foundry Platform as a Service (PaaS).
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- 08/25/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware on Wednesday released the beta of Micro Cloud Foundry, a complete version of its Cloud Foundry Platform as a Service (PaaS) designed to run on developers' PCs or Macs.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- 08/24/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C) signed a legal and interoperability deal with Microsoft today as part of a parnership deal with Linux server technology.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A U.S. patent application filed this month by Microsoft updates an earlier holding concerning streaming data for faster computer startups.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a detailed post-mortem, which included an apology, Amazon Web Services is giving reasons for last week's massive cloud outage that hit its Dublin data center.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 08/18/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard made several major announcements on Thursday, foremost that it is considering the spinoff or sale of its PC division.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 08/18/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Many of Microsoft's cloud service offerings, including Office 365, CRM Online and SkyDrive, have experienced major outages today. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 08/17/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite persistent concerns about security, developers increasingly prefer cloud-based development tooling, according to a survey by Evans Data Corp.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- 08/17/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services announced on Tuesday its new GovCloud service, which is geared solely at U.S. federal departments seeking a secure cloud solution that meets specific regulatory and compliance requirements.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Xsigo Systems lays claim to first fully virtualized infrastructure for cloud-optimized data centers.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    F5 Networks has bought the intellectual property of Israel-based Crescendo Networks and will be hiring some of its engineering team. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Before you update that older vSphere, gain some insight into your licensing requirements for vSphere 5 with this nifty tool. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Virtualization management suite broadens scope of platform support by including Microsoft's hypervisor in the mix. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 08/10/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move that strengthens its XenDesktop product against VMware View, Citrix announced its acquisition of the company that carved out market share with its vDesk solution set.