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VMworld: HP VirtualSystem Speeds Private Cloud Creation
HP introduced at VMworld a new VirtualSystem optimized for the upcoming VMware vSphere 5 designed as a turnkey solution to speed virtualized infrastructure implementation and act as a foundation for private clouds. VirtualSystem was introduced at HP Discover in July with Microsoft and Citrix versions, and now HP is releasing a VMware-based version of the…
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VMware to Speed Move to Hybrid Cloud with New vCloud Products
At its annual VMworld conference in Las Vegas, VMware announced new and updated products designed to help companies looking to move to hybrid cloud environments that will bring channel partners opportunities to build attached services revenue. The products announced include a new feature of the vCloud Datacenter Program called Global Connect, vCloud Connector v1.5, Disaster…
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VMware Launches Micro Cloud Foundry Beta
VMware has announced the availability of a beta version of its new Micro Cloud Foundry platform as a service (PaaS) offering. Available as a free download at http://micro.cloudfoundry.com, Micro Cloud Foundry is a complete version of VMware s Cloud Foundry that runs on a developer s Mac or PC. The new offering enables developers to…
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CompTIA: Momentum Building for Business Cloud Adoption
Momentum behind the cloud computing movement continues to accelerate as businesses move from limited deployments to more comprehensive cloud solutions, according to research published by CompTIA, the nonprofit trade association for the IT industry. More than half (56 percent) of the organizations surveyed for CompTIA’s Second Annual Trends in Cloud Computing study said their investment…
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Trend Micro Debuts Security Suite Titanium 2012
Security specialist Trend Micro launched Titanium 2012, a suite of online security products based in the cloud that offer threat protection in a user-friendly interface. Trend Micro provides additional protection with value-added products bundled with Titanium Maximum Security, including a tool that visually identifies safe and malicious links on social networking sites like Facebook and…
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Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps More Different Than The Same
Over the past several years, one of the most-watched, and yet least substantial, business application rivalries has been that between Microsoft and Google. In one corner, we ve had Microsoft, with its lineup of ubiquitous, category-defining on-premises server and thick-client productivity applications, and in the other corner, we ve had Google, with its popular Webmail…