Microsoft and HP tag team to take on Cisco, EMC and VMware
By Tarry Singh at 13 January, 2010, 11:06 am
The companies plan to deliver new solutions that will do the following: • Be built on a next-generation infrastructure-to-application model • Advance cloud computing by speeding application implementation • Eliminate complexities of IT management and automate existing manual processes to lower the overall costs This agreement represents the industry’s most comprehensive technology stack integration to [...]
Read More >>Veeam expands Americas distribution with Ingram Micro partnership
By Tarry Singh at 25 August, 2009, 9:43 am
Columbus, Ohio, August 24, 2009 – Veeam Software, award-winning provider of systems management tools for VMware virtual datacenter environments, today announced that it has expanded its Americas distribution with the addition of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world’s largest IT distributor. At the same time, Veeam will soon unveil a new, more personalized version [...]
Read More >>Cisco and Dell team up for Data Center deal!
By Tarry Singh at 28 January, 2009, 1:41 pm
Announced at the Cisco Networkers 2009 conference in Barcelona, the additions to the Solution Technology Integrator agreement will see Dell add Cisco’s Nexus 5020 switches to its PowerEdge server and EqualLogic, PowerVault and Dell/EMC storage systems. The combined platform is designed to help customers simplify the management of next-generation datacentres by pooling storage and computing [...]
Read More >>Avaya joins HP ProCurve Unified Communications drive as well!
By Tarry Singh at 27 January, 2009, 4:21 am
HP is certainly taking all timely measures to give Cisco the resistance it might have anticipated when it called for a major Data Center push by getting into the Server market. So HP replies by taking on the Network. Honestly convergence and battles round convergence were bound to happen, I for now don’t have time [...]
Read More >>VMware’s vCloud & Opus Internactive: CSP wave begins
By Tarry Singh at 16 January, 2009, 3:07 pm
CSP or Cloud Service Provider, might probably be the new trend where everyone will battle for stronger and robuster CloudITSM and ITIL v3 and go after the consumer market. The great convergence wave has just begun and soon Telco’s are about to wage massive battles — as this convergence also means a painful contractionary move. [...]
Read More >>Leaked News: Citrix to announce virtualization deal with a niche chip vendor!
By Tarry Singh at 10 January, 2009, 4:50 am
My deepthroat contacts have told me of this news and the announcement is coming soon. Expect it to be out around 3rd week of Jan’09.
Read More >>MicroHoo buzz is back!
By Tarry Singh at 1 December, 2008, 3:22 pm
Yes, Microhoo buzz is back, even if it never really went away. This time it was London’s The Sunday Times stirring the pot, reporting that Microsoft will be making a $20 billion play for Yahoo!’s search business. BoomTown’s Kara Swisher quickly shot holes into the story, and she has the Rolodex to confirm or debunk [...]
Read More >>CapGemini and Amazon sign agreement to sell stuff in the Cloud
By Tarry Singh at 19 November, 2008, 1:55 pm
Capgemini has announced an agreement signed between Capgemini UK plc and Amazon Web Services, extending its Outsourcing portfolio with cloud computing services. Capgemini’s new Center of Excellence, focused on cloud computing, will help its enterprise clients take full advantage of integrating cloud computing into their IT and business strategy. Capgemini’s Cloud Computing Center of Excellence [...]
Read More >>Atos Origin and VMware sign a Global SI partnership
By Tarry Singh at 10 November, 2008, 11:01 am
Paris, 10 November 2008 – Atos Origin, an international IT services company, today announced that it will become a VMware global IT partner to address the growing demand for adaptive virtualization services*. The relationship will enable Atos Origin to deliver end-to-end virtualization services to customers during IT transformation phases. As a result, customers worldwide will [...]
Read More >>Microsoft and Telstra get into the Clouds
By Tarry Singh at 6 November, 2008, 4:37 pm
Microsoft Corp. and Telstra today announced their intention to enter into an Australian industry first – a broad strategic alliance to bring together business software applications, mobile services and devices, and integrated computer and telephone services over Telstra’s Next IP™ and Next G™ networks. The alliance is designed to enable the two companies to bring [...]
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