Private Cloud News & Support Resources

August 26, 2009

Since early 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS customers can requisition compute power, storage, and other services-gaining access to a suite of elastic IT infrastructure services as your business demands them. In AWS, customers pay only for what they […]

HyperIP for VMware WAN Optimization Software Solves Long Distance VMotion Migration Issue With Up to 600% Performance Boost

August 25, 2009

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NetEx, the leader in WAN optimization software, today announced that its software-only HyperIP for VMware optimization is the first industry solution to support the migration and acceleration of live VMotion images between VMware virtual machines over existing IP WAN connections. According to Search Disaster Recovery.com, dated July 1, 2009, VMware and Cisco recently announced a […]

PrimaCloud Breaks Cloud Computing Performance Barriers Using Xsigo Virtual I/O

August 25, 2009

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PrimaCloud, a pioneering managed cloud and virtual IT services provider, announced today that it has deployed the Xsigo I/O Director as the foundation of its data center interconnect strategy. The Xsigo I/O Director enables PrimaCloud to break the barriers of I/O throughput seen in existing cloud computing offerings, allowing end customers to experience application performance […]

EMC Expands Midrange Storage Leadership In VMware Environments

August 25, 2009

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EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today further expanded its midrange storage leadership by unveiling new virtualization-aware features for EMC(R) CLARiiON(R) CX4 networked storage systems. Today EMC continues to extend its lead over other midrange storage offerings with simplified management, higher levels of storage consolidation, and integrated data protection and […]

Akorri Introduces BalancePoint 3.0 to Assure Virtual Infrastructure Performance and Capacity Providing Stepping Stone to the Private Cloud

August 17, 2009

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Akorri, Inc., the leader in virtual infrastructure performance and capacity management for the dynamic data center, today announced the availability of BalancePoint 3.0 – the latest version of the company’s award-winning virtual infrastructure management software. BalancePoint 3.0 allows IT organizations to optimize virtual and physical server and storage infrastructure resources to reduce costs. As companies advance through […]

Cloud Computing

Data Center

Management

The X and Y ROI of Data Center Virtualization

August 15, 2009

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For my first blog I decided to tackle the common ROI topic so prevalent these days. There are various forms of ROI and TCO one gets from virtualization. The easier and first ROI to identify and quantify is what I call the “X” ROI which typically happens in that Stage 1, or server consolidation phase, […]

MicroStrategy 9 Certified on VMware Virtualization Platform

August 14, 2009

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BI Available for Private Cloud Configurations, and Achieves Greater Efficiency and Lower Total Cost of Ownership MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that its latest release, MicroStrategy 9(TM), runs on the VMware virtualization platform. VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is a global leader in virtualization solutions from the […]

3PAR Saves Cedar Document Technologies Nearly Half a Million Dollars

August 11, 2009

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SaaS Provider Uses Utility Storage to Expand Customer Base and Launch New Services for Less 3PAR® (NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that CEDAR document technologies, a leading provider of technologies and services for print and electronic customer communication platforms, chose 3PAR Utility Storage to consolidate and expand its storage […]

Cloud Computing

Gartner Ponders Cloud Computing, “If You Build a Private Cloud, Will Anyone Come?”

August 10, 2009

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Summer’s almost over – time for less sun and more clouds! I’ve gotten a lot of client questions recently about how to get started building their private clouds. Their vendors are at their doorstep hawking private cloud computing. Clients are asking about what technologies to use, which vendors to choose, how to build one, etc. […]

Developers Planning Private Cloud Deployments

August 7, 2009

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If a recent Evans Data study is any indication, private cloud deployments could rise sharply over the next year According to the Evans Data Cloud Development Survey, 48.9 percent of developers surveyed said they plan to deploy applications in a private cloud in the coming year. The survey also showed that 29.7 percent of […]

Apptio Announces Server Virtualization Cost Transparency Solution for VMware vSphere 4

July 30, 2009

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Offering provides greater visibility into physical and virtual costs, simplifying allocation, chargeback, and ROI analysis to accelerate enterprise virtualization deployments Apptio, the leading provider of on demand IT Cost Transparency software, today announced general availability of a Cost Transparency solution for VMware vSphere™ 4. This offering complements the capabilities of the VMware vCenter™ product family, […]

Cloud Computing

Desktop

User Management

Wyse VDA Promises To Speed Up Remote Virtual Desktops

July 20, 2009

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Wyse has launched a protocol accelerator can speed up remote virtual desktops regardless of the distance between it and the host data centre, helping address challenges encountered by companies using cloud computing or virtual clients in remote locations. Just launched in the UK, Wyse is calling the protocol the Virtual Desktop Accelerator (VDA), and it […]

Cloud Computing

Forrester Bucks Conventional Wisdom on Cloud Computing

June 30, 2009

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A couple of weeks ago Forrester released a report on cloud computing, based upon a survey of small and large enterprises located in North America and Europe. I was particularly interested in its findings as it addressed the question of private (internal) cloud computing, given my recent CIO.com blog series, "The Case Against Cloud Computing." […]

Cloud Computing

Management

Storage

Cisco, EMC, VMware Form Private Cloud Pact

June 3, 2009

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The current ratio of the amount that IT spends on maintaining IT systems versus driving innovation has become unsustainable, according to EMC Australia president David Webster. “The information technology industry needs to change because the dynamics of the IT industry are unsustainable — particularly as it relates to data centre operations,” Webster said, speaking at […]