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Different vendors can simplify admin, add security and reduce sprawl
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Cloud vendor wants to take on the giants
17 May 2012, 10:10. Topics: Virtualisation
The company will sell its SaaS (software as a service) products as a 'loosely coupled suite'
16 May 2012, 10:56. Topics: Virtualisation
The online mail service was out of action for up to 12% of users on Monday
16 May 2012, 10:35. Topics: Virtualisation
New Xeon V2 processors will add power and efficiency
15 May 2012, 15:50. Topics: Data Centre
Not to be overshadowed by SDN, VMware looks to virtualise
11 May 2012, 16:19. Topics: Virtualisation
The technology could answer many questions about virtual desktop hosting and fill glaring holes in BYOD policies
19 May 2012, 11:23. Topics: Virtualisation
We pinpoint the cloud storage services with the best attributes for accomplishing specific tasks.
08 May 2012, 18:00. Topics: Virtualisation
Outsourcing contracts typically include detailed termination and transition assistance provisions that outline the provider's responsibilities regarding data return
08 May 2012, 17:30. Topics: Virtualisation
A recent uproar over the Google Drive service for consumers raised several important questions about cloud storage
07 May 2012, 14:00. Topics: Virtualisation
Although Fibre Channel is seeing single-digit growth rates, Ethernet for storage is exploding
06 May 2012, 12:00. Topics: Networking
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Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture stole the limelight this year, summarily trouncing its predecessors, and the best that AMD had to offer, with considerable performance boosts and power savings. Today, Intel is announcing the Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition, an £800 CPU that distills the lessons the company has learned over the past year into a single piece of premium silicon. read more...
Fusion 4 is the newest version of VMware's virtualisation solution for the Mac, which allows you to run multiple operating systems within Mac OS X. Since we reviewed Fusion 3, VMWare has added support for Lion and the ability to create OS X Lion virtual machines, reduced the consumption of system resources to zero when you aren't running a virtual machine, redesigned the settings window, and much more. read more...
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