Cisco and Dell team up for Data Center deal!

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 resources [...]

Avaya joins HP ProCurve Unified Communications drive as well!

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 [...]

VMware’s vCloud & Opus Internactive: CSP wave begins

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. [...]

Leaked News: Citrix to announce virtualization deal with a niche chip vendor!

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.

MicroHoo buzz is back!

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 nearly [...]

CapGemini and Amazon sign agreement to sell stuff in the Cloud

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 [...]

Atos Origin and VMware sign a Global SI partnership

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 [...]

Microsoft and Telstra get into the Clouds

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 together [...]

SoftLayer Partners with Citrix for Advanced Virtualization and Cloud Computing Solutions

SoftLayer, a leader in next-generation web hosting and on-demand data center services, has announced today that they will use and offer the new Citrix Cloud Center™ (C3) solution from Citrix Systems, Inc. as a key part of their cloud computing strategy. SoftLayer’s implementation of Citrix C3 will leverage SoftLayer’s leading automation capabilities and further the [...]

VMware gives in, joins Microsoft’s SVVP program

Perhaps most importantly, a Microsoft PR rep also confirmed this morning that VMware has joined the SVVP, which will allow customers running Microsoft server apps on VMware’s virtualization platforms to get improved Microsoft technical support. VMware’s decision to join the SVVP–and Microsoft’s willingness to welcome VMware into the SVVP program — is good news for [...]