Monthly Archives: August 2009

Hyper-V R2 Released: VMware’s Paul Maritz walks a thin line as Microsoft closes in!

Will he be able to pull off the trick. We VMware be able to make Microsoft’s Windows irrelevant? I seriously doubt that will happen in the next 10 years and seriously doubt if VMware will be the one to do [...]

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EMC snaps up FastScale Technology

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced it has acquired FastScale Technology, Inc., a privately-held, Santa Clara, California-based provider of software platforms and solutions for next generation enterprise IT — adding a new dimension [...]

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Citrix Enhances Market Leading HDX Technology for High-Definition Virtual Desktops

SANTA CLARA, CA. — August 31, 2009 — Today Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), announced a new breakthrough addition to its market leading HDX Technology™, ensuring a high-definition virtual desktop experience even for the most demanding high-end professional graphics environments. [...]

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IBM unleashes Public Desktop Cloud

The new IBM Smart Business Desktop on the IBM Cloud subscription service helps clients virtualize desktop computing resources, and provide a logical, rather than a physical, method of access to data, computing power, storage capacity and other resources. This service [...]

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VMworld sneak peaks: VMware goes after SMB with VMware Go; VMware vCenter on steroids; Googlers go to VMware

VMware says that they have received an overwhelmingly positive response the latest generation of vSphere 4, with approximately 75 percent of customers planning to upgrade to VMware vSphere 4 within the next six months.
VMware’s second product launch is targeted towards [...]

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Xen project unleashed: “Build-your-own-cloud” tooklit; Amazon remains tight-lipped

I am very curious why Amazon, who is sucking a lot of Xen-air in its data centers is playing so silent. With loads of Cloud providers coming out in the open, the whole Cloud game would be free for all, [...]

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Gartner: VMware messed up mid-market opportunity, a market expected to boom!

We still don’t know if it really is a gloom scenario for VMware but Tom does make some very important observations, especially when:

Microsoft’s stronger hold in the mid-market is about to reap its rewards
Windows Vista blunder is being very [...]

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VMware claims more that 21,000 new customers in Q1, Q2 2009!

Which is quite a neat feat, even in troubled economic climate!

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, announced strong customer traction for VMware’s industry-leading virtualization platform. [...]

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Arista Networks will link anything: Public, Private, Cloud networks vSphere

MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To address the growing need to manage hybrid virtual and physical infrastructures with multiple network operating systems Arista Networks today announced vEOS (virtualized Extensible Operating System), integrated networking software that peers with VMware vSphere™ 4 and manages [...]

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Stratus shows availability-critical appliances for the cloud at VMworld; MSFT’s SharePoint, System Center demo’ed

MAYNARD, Mass., Aug. 26, 2009 – Stratus Technologies will be demonstrating cloud and virtual appliance solutions that support critical functions within these infrastructures at VMworld, the company announced today. Showcasing the just-announced line of Stratus® ftServer® systems and latest version [...]

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