Open source OpenStack cloud vendor gets a little help from Cisco in a new round of funding.
New installation experience complements enhanced server virtualization and cloud computing capabilities.
Founder says he has turned down acquisition offers as his company continues to grow by helping others build OpenStack public clouds.
Launching a private cloud can put you on the road to a streamlined, efficient and flexible IT infrastructure. Avoid potential pitfalls and learn how to make the most of your private cloud with these five tips.
Michael Dell wants to be the number one server vendor in the world, and the OpenStack cloud might just help him to get there.
The company's hybrid cloud development options grow with the latest CloudSystem release.
The Linux vendor rebases its enterprise cloud distribution with preliminary support for Folsom.
We take a break from the norm of extolling the virtues of virtualization to shed some light on those situations when it's important to just say no.
Managing a large number of VMs and all the associated networking and storage is no small feat, but new features in vSphere 5.1 make it possible to accomplish that job from literally anywhere you can connect to the network.
Citrix is no longer the only player in CloudStack as Apache processes take hold.
The company's UCS Central platform can now manage up to 10,000 physical servers.
Like the infamous villains in James Bond flicks, VMware would very much like to rule the world -- the cloud world in this case.
VMware CTO Steve Herrod tells OpenStack that he want to join the party.
Ubuntu, SUSE and Red Hat explain how the nascent market for packaged cloud server distributions is beginning to shape up.
Mark Shuttleworth details what it takes to deliver OpenStack in production, in 3 minutes or less.
The networking hardware giant releases a key open source cloud distribution.
Oracle improves Solaris performance and cloud capabilities while also addressing the market trend towards Software-Defined Networking.
The company's first software-only acquisition of cloud provider Stoneware should help jumpstart Lenovo's PC Plus initiative.
After more than two years of promoting the open source OpenStack project, Rackspace is finally ready to deliver it for its own cloud customers.
While server virtualization and cloud computing can lead to storage problems, many of these can be eased by the sensible use of thin provisioning.
Is it officially the summer of OpenStack? Work on governance as well as technology continues to accelerate.
He may have made fun of the term "cloud" back in 2009, but today Larry Ellison is singing a different tune.
The two-year-old startup provides a security platform to protect cloud users' virtual machines, targeting an area of cloud computing the firm says remains widely misunderstood.
Dell looks to attain a leadership position in the thin client and cloud computing markets with the purchase.
The acquisition establishes SAP as the leading business network, adding business-to-business collaboration to its existing solutions.
New model changed the way server operating system software was acquired and deployed, as Red Hat celebrates 10 years of enterprise Linux.
Storm is a new declarative provisioning feature that enables cloud developers to create AWS CloudFormation compatible deployment configurations.
A new open source project lets Cloud Foundry PaaS run on OpenStack IaaS.
The open source operating system server adds cloud orchestration, Metal-as-a-Service and OpenStack in its latest Long Term Support release.
The company is currently giving away its Management Pack for free, but there's a catch of course -- three, in fact.
Open source cloud platform now has open source configuration options.
Latest open source OpenStack release provides new management, security, storage and compute features.
Dell buys desktop virtualization specialist Wyse Technologies in a bid to boost data center sales and expand its cloud VDI business.
British firm seeks to spread its on-demand computing model to North America, touting cost and efficiency savings of virtual server offering.
VMware, Microsoft and Citrix are the Big 3 of server virtualization and public cloud. It may soon be time to add Red Hat and rebrand them the Big 4, however. With more mission-critical Linux servers being virtualized, more servers are running RHEV, and cloud providers are not exempt from this trend.
AMD to sell the startup's Intel processors-based cloud servers -- for now.
VMTurbo, a workload management system for virtualized environments, seeks to simplify and streamline. It's first stop -- hooking into VMware vCenter.
For some enterprises, regulations rule out using the public cloud. This means some products, notably Salesforce.com, can't be considered. PerspecSys believes it has found the solution for those with this predicament.
Data protection firm touts a unified approach for a variety of enterprise platforms, server and storage configurations.
Adopting virtualization technology often leads companies to carry out security, backup and other day-to-day activities in new and different ways. This often adds unnecessary costs and complexity. Symantec's solution? Keep it simple.
From hardware and software to partner programs to training HP has launched a trajectory to the cloud.
First major release of Java middleware server in two years, advances scalability, Java EE 6 and Java SE 7 features.
Predicting the future of a hot technology is never easy, but one CTO weighs in on what he anticipates will go on in the server virtualization market next year.
In the battle of the clouds, public cloud vs. private cloud vs. hybrid cloud, which model is best positioned to win?
Multi-language and enterprise features debut in latest entrant in the Platform-as-a-Service space.
VMware updates vCenter Operations Manager, and introduces new vFabric Application Management and IT Business Management suites, while HP introduced HP Technology Consulting Services to help customers blaze a path to the cloud.
New cloud service for PHP developers takes flight with tools to help build and test cloud applications.
As enterprises embrace cloud computing, the vendors are turning up the noise, both in the features they provide and why they are vastly superior to their competitors.
A new open source foundation is set to take shape.
Java on Ruby implementation takes a big leap forward enabling deployment of production supported cloud.
A new take on OpenStack debuts with automated deployment and security baked in.
VMware's data center management tools too high for your organization. The out-of-the-box cloud management and automation solutions from Cloupia offer provisioning, dynamic resource allocation, discovery and monitoring, metering and chargeback, analytics, orchestration, a self-service catalog and more.
Identity, networking, management and high-availability get a boost in new release of open source cloud platform.
Startup seeks to help businesses plug into the cloud to adapt to new apps and proliferation of mobile devices amid dramatic shifts in how people work.
Platform as a service is important for the future, but it's not going to be a money maker for Red Hat in the short term.
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PaaS, Red Hat, Linux, cloud computing
Built on technology developed at NASA, this startup aims to 'democratize' large-scale cloud computing deployments.
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cloud computing, IT infrastructure, secure, public cloud, Rackspace
Startup formerly known as PHP Fog receives new funding as it expands into the PaaS server space.
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cloud computing, PaaS, AppFog, open source software, PHP
Big data is becoming increasingly prevalent in data center and cloud environments. Now the question is how to best manage networks for the simultaneous transfer of millions of records.
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cloud computing, data center management, big data
Can Bromium, the brainchild of Simon Crosby and Ian Pratt, pull it off? The details are cloudy, but speculation is clear.
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cloud computing, cloud security, server virtualization, virtualization technology, Citrix
Dell set to offer commercial support for OpenStack Cloud solution and announces new open source Crowbar for installation.
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OpenStack, cloud computing, open source software, Dell, Ubuntu
Open source Stratos 1.5 platform delivers Complex Event Processing as a service.
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WSO2, open source software, middleware, cloud computing
Historically, virtualized environments and regulatory compliance have been like oil and water. Now, with careful planning and execution, the two are not mutually exclusive.
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public cloud, server virtualization, compliance, server technology, cloud computing
Perl cloud vendor run by a 15 year old entrepreneur gets snapped up.
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cloud computing, Cloud, ActiveState, perl
For large enterprises, choosing a management system typically parallels their choice of hypervisor vendor -- generally, VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat or Citrix. Smaller organizations aren't so lucky. Virtualization Manager from Solarwinds just may fill that gap.
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cloud computing, public cloud, Virtualization Management, hypervisor, server virtualization
Billing itself as a low-cost, simplified alternative to heavyweights like IBM and HP, ScaleXtreme offers a unified, cloud-based console for systems management.
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cloud computing, server virtualization, server management
VMware launches integrated approach for matching user identity and authentication with cloud apps.
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VMware, cloud computing, VMware ESX Server
Microsoft's TechEd keynote declared cloud, devices and developers the theme for the week. But it did not ignore its longstanding data center and end user desktop bases.
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Azure, TechEd, cloud computing, Microsoft, Exchange
Citrix CEO tells Interop why the cloud and the consumerization of IT changes everything.
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cloud computing, Xen, NetScaler, Interop, Citrix
This cloud provider isn't placing all its eggs in one basket, and it explains
why it makes sense to have a multicloud technology strategy.
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OpenStack, VMware, cloud computing
New solutions for creating and managing clouds announced, but they're not all open source -- yet.
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Red Hat, cloud computing, open source
Common knowledge says anything mission-critical must remain in the data center because cloud security is inferior to data center security. However, greater economies of scale, continuous auditing and other factors indicate that this may in fact be a popular misconception.
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cloud computing, data center security, InfoSec, cloud security
OpenStack expands with new API to create extensions.
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OpenStack, cloud computing, Rackspace, open source software
