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                    It comes the same week that Docker got a round of funding that may have made it a $1 billion company.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/17/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Software-defined networking (SDN) company Pluribus Networks this week updated its Netvisor network hypervisor OS for better integration with existing networks. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Among the many challengers stepping into the ring, the top contender is Microsoft.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company encourages customers to consider SQL in the cloud or SQL Server 2014.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's included in the latest Windows 10 technical preview.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/02/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The newest version of its tablet will come with a free Windows 10 upgrade offer.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 03/31/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The cloud giant undercuts the competition in the "how low  can you go?" contest.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest membership survey from the Open Data Center Alliance shows increased use of software-defined networking technologies with even more demand forecast for the near future.